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PUBLISHED  BY  AUTHORITY  OF  THE  CITY  COUNCIL  OF  THE 
CITY  OF  URBANA,  ILLINOIS,  DECEMBER  3,  A.  D.   1898. 


REVISED  AND  ARRANGED  BY 
F.  M.  SNYDER.  SPENCER  M.  WHITE  AND  OLIVER  B.  DOBBINS 


THE  GAZETTE  PRESS  ^ 
Champaign,  III 
1898. 


3^  c.  077 1) 


STATUTES 


For  the  Incorporation  of  Cities  and  Villages,  Act  of  April 
10th,  1872,  the  following  of  which  is  an  Index  or 
Digest  so  far  as  seenn  appropriate  and  useful. 


ARTICLE  II. 

OF  THE  MAYOR. 

Section  1.  Mayor  and  his  qualifications;  term  of  office 
two  years. 

Sec.  2.  Filling-  vacancy  in  office  of  Mayor — when 
filled — election. 

Sec.  3.     When  not  filled  by  election. 

Sec.  4.     Temporary  absence;  Mayor  pru  ton. 

Sec.  5.     Becomes  vacant  by  removal  from  city. 

Sec.  6.  Mayor  presides  at  all  meeting's;  has  casting- 
vote  only. 

Sec.  7.  Power  to  remove  his  appointees — mode  of  pro- 
cedure. 

Sec.  8.  In  citv  limits  has  power  of  sheriff  to  suppress 
disorder. 

Sec.  9.  Power  to  release  prisoners  committed  for 
breach  of  ordinances,  and  shall  report  to  the  Council  said 
release  and  cause  thereof,  at  first  session  thereafter. 

Sec.  10.     Isjield  to  execute  laws  and  ordinances. 

Sec.  11.  Power  to  inspect  books,  records  and  papers 
of  officers,  employe  or  agent  of  city  at  all  times. 

Sec.  12.     Annual  and  other  messages  to  City  Council. 

Sec.  13.  Power  to  suppress  riots  and  other  disorderly 
conduct  and  to  enforce  ordinances. 

Sec.  14.  Penalty  for  misfee^sance  and  other  violation 
of  duties. 


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ARTICLE  III. 

OF    THE    CITY    COUNCIL. 

Section  1.     Is  composed  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen. 

Sec.  2.  Number  of  Aldermen  apportioned  to  popula- 
tion. 

Sec.  3.     Aldermen  to  hold  office  for  two  years. 

Sec.  4.     Vacancies  to  be  filled  by  election. 

Sec.  5.  Must  be  qualified  elector;  live  in  ward  for 
which  he  is  elected;  shall  not  be  interested  in  any  contracts 
either  individually  or  as  a  member  of  firm  with  city  throug^h 
Mayor,  officers,  or  ag-ents  where  money  is  to  be  paid 
directly  or  indirectly. 

Sec.  6.  Council  judg-e  of  the  election  and  qualifica- 
tions of  its  members. 

Sec.  7.  May  make  its  own  rules;  punish  for  disorderly 
conduct  and  may  expel  once  for  offense  named. 

Sec.  8.  Majority  of  Aldermen  constitute  quorum; 
minority  may  adjourn  from  time  to  time  and  compel  attend- 
ance of  absentees  by  ordinance. 

Sec.  9.  May  by  ordinance  fix  time  and  place  of  meet- 
ing-; define  mode  of  calling-  special  meeting-s. 

Sec.  11.     Shall  transact  business  with  open  doors. 

Sec.  12.     Shall  keep  journal  of  proceeding-s. 

Sec.  13.  Yeas  and  nays  called  on  passage  of  all  ordi- 
nances; also  all  propositions  to  create  any  liability  against 
city  for  expenditure  or  appropriation  of  any  money,  and 
when  requested  by  any  member,  yeas  and  nays  shall  be 
taken  and  enrolled. 

Sec.  14.  Former  vote  of  Council  not  rescinded  at  spe- 
cial meeting  unless  as  large  number  of  votes  present  as 
when  passed. 

Sec.  15.  Report  of  committee  shall  be  laid  over  till 
next  regular  meeting  at  request  of  two  members. 

Sec.  16.  Territorial  jurisdiction  for  purposes  of  en- 
forcing health  and  quarantine  ordinances. 

Sec.  17.  Mayor  or  any  three  Aldermen  may  call  special 
meetings. 

Sec.  18.  Ordinances  to  be  deposited  in  City  Clerk's 
office  before  they  take  effect;  Mayor's  approval  and  veto; 


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may  veto  a  portion  of  aa  ordinance  and  the  residue  shall 
be  in  force.  Mayor's  objections  in  writings  must  be  returned 
to  Council  with  ordinance. 

Sec.  19.  Passing-  over  veto.  Upon  reconsideration 
two-thirds  necessary  by  yeas  and  na3's. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

BISECTIONS. 

Section  1.     Election  third  Tuesday  in  April. 

Sec.  2.  Election  of,  biennially,  Mayor,  City  Clerk, 
Treasurer,  Attorney,  No  Treasurer  to  be  elected  two 
terms  successively. 

Sec.  3.  Voters  for  any  state  officers  having-  resided 
thirty  days  in  election  precinct  may  vote. 

Sec.  4.  Wards,  half  as  many  as  members  of  Alder- 
men. One  Alderman  in  each  ward  elected  annually  for 
two  years. 

Sec.  6.     Minority  representation. 

Sec.  7.     Aldermen  under  minority  plan. 

Sec.  8.     Aldermen  when  minority  plan  not  adopted. 

Sec.  9.  Places  of  election;  appointment  of  judges  and 
clerks;  notice. 

Sec.  10.     Manner  of  conducting  elections. 

Sec.  11.     Result;  lots  cast  for  office  in  case  of  tie. 

Sec.  12.  Notice  to  persons  elected  within  five  days; 
must  qualify  in  ten  days  or  office  becomes  vacant. 

Sec.  13.  When  no  quorum  in  office  of  City  Council 
vacancies  filled  by  election;  manner  of  holding-  same. 

ARTICLE  V. 

OF  THE  POWERS  OF  THE  CITY   COUNCIL. 

Section.  1.  The  municipal  government  has  the  power, 
conferred  by  this  section,  as  defined,  in  ninety-six  para- 
graphs, giving-  specific  authority  of  a  legislative  character, 
to  do  acts  of  a  corporate  nature,  and  in  addition  the  ninety- 
sixth  paragraph  confers  a  g-eneral  power  to  pass  all  neces- 
sary ordinancjs  to  carry  these  specific  powers  into  effect. 


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This  article  is  amended  by  laws  of  1887,  Kurd's  Statutes 
(1897),  p.  272,  so  that  cities  are  empowered  to  "license, 
tax,  regulate  or  prohibit  itinerant  merchants  and  transient 
venders  of  merchandise." 

Sec.  2.  Style  of  ordinances:  "Be  it  ordained  by  the 
City  Council  of  the  City  of  Urbana." 

Sec.  3.  Requires  publication  of  all  ordinances  impos- 
ing- any  fine,  penalty  or  forfeiture,  or  making-  any  appro- 
priation of  money,  in  one  month  after  passage.  When 
ordinances  to  take  effect. 

Sec.  4.     Relates  to  manner  of  proving  ordinances. 

Sec.  5.  Suits  for  violation  of  ordinances  brought  in 
name  of  city  as  plaintiff. 

Sec.  6.     Fines  and  license  fees  paid  to  Treasurer. 

Sec.  7.  Mode  of  procedure  in  suits  for  violation  of 
ordinances  and  mode  of  inflicting  punishment  under  con- 
viction. (Note — Repealed  by  paragraph  299,  Kurd's  Stat- 
utes, 1897,  page  312). 

Sec.  8.  Jurisdiction  given  to  all  police  and  other  jus- 
tices of  the  peace  in  such  suits. 

Sec.  9.  Process  may  be  served  by  any  Constable  or  by 
Sheriff  as  well  as  city  officers. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

POWERS  AND  DUTIES  OF  OFFICERS. 

Section  1.  Provides  for  electing  a  Mayor,  City  Coun- 
cil, a  City  Clerk,  City  Attorney  and  Treasurer. 

Sec.  2.  Two-thirds  of  the  Council  may  by  ordinance 
provide  for  election,  or  appointment  by  the  Mayor,  of  a 
City  Collector,  a  City  Marshal,  a  Superintendent  of  Streets, 
a  Corporation  Counsel,  a  City  Comptroller,  and  such  other 
officers  as  the  Council  may  deem  necessary  to  perform  such 
duties  as  the  Council  may  prescribe. 

Sec.  3.  Appointments,  vacancies,  duties  and  powers  of 
officers. 

Sec.  4.     All  officers  to  take  oath  bonds. 

Sec.  5.     Commissions  of  officers,  certificates  of  election. 

Sec.  6.  Qualifications  of  officers,  must  be  an  elector 
and  not  a  defaulter  to  the  city. 


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Sec.  7.  Prohibits  all  officers  being-  directly  or  indi- 
rectly interested  in  any  contract  in  any  manner  which  re- 
quires money  to  be  taken  from  the  city  treasury. 

Note. — A  violation  of  this  provision  of  law  may  be 
punished  by  confinement  in  the  penitentiary  for  not  less 
than  one,  nor  more  than  five  years,  or  by  a  fine  of  not  less 
than  two  hundred,  nor  more  than  one  thousand  dollars,  or 
both,  to  be  followed  by  vacancy  in  office,  and  disqualifica- 
tion to  hold  any  office  in  the  State  for  two  years.  Revised 
Statutes  1897,  chap.  102,  sec.  4. 

Sec.  8.  Bribery,  penalty,  Criminal  Code,  chap.  38, 
Revised  Statutes,  sec.  31. 

Sec.  9.     No  officer  to  hold  any  other  office. 

Sec.  10.     Duties  of  clerk,  have  seal,  papers  and  records. 

Sec.  11.  Ordinances  to  be  recorded,  and  memorandum 
of  passage,  publication  or  posting-. 

Sec.  12.  Names  of  officers  who  shall  be  conservators  of 
the  peace,  and  g-ives  authority  to  make  arrests.  Also  g-ives 
policemen  statutory  powers  of  constables  for  such  purposes, 
as  amended  by  laws  of  1883,  p.  58. 

Sees.  13,  14,  15.     Relates  to  the  salaries  of  officers. 

Sec.  16.  Mayor  and  City  Clerk  to  have  power  to 
administer  oaths. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

OF   FINANCES   OF   CITY. 

Section  1.  Fiscal  year  to  beg-in  at  date  of  annual  elec- 
tion of  officers,  unless  otherwise  fixed  by  ordinances. 

Sec.  2.  Annual  appropriation  bill  to  be  passed  in  first 
quarter  of  fiscal  year. 

Sec.  3.  Relates  to  expenditures  under  appropriation 
bills.  Also  relates  to  manner  of  borrowing-  money  for 
necessary  improvements. 

Sec.  4.  Appropriation  ordinance  must  precede  all  con- 
tracts or  the  incurring-  of  any  liability. 

Sec.  5.     Treasurer  to  receive  all  moneys. 

Sec.  6.  To  keep  separate  accounts  of  each  appropria- 
tion or  fund. 

Sec.  7.     To  g-ive  receipts  for  all  money  paid  to  him. 


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specifying  date  of  payment,  and  on  what  account  paid, 
copies  filed  with  Clerk. 

Sec.  8.  To  make  monthly  statements,  warrants, 
vouchers,  register. 

Sec.  9.  Deposit  of  money,  security  of  funds  given, 
funds  to  be  kept  separate  and  not  mingled  with  his  own 
money  ;  forbidden  to  use  corporate  money  for  his  own  use, 
under  penalt}-  of  immediate  removal  from  office.  (See 
Criminal  Code,  chap.  38,  sees.  80  and  81). 

Sec.  10.     Make  annual  report  and  publish  same. 

Sec.  11.  All  money  to  be  paid  on  warrants  ;  warrants 
to  be  sisftied  by  Mayor,  countersigned  by  Clerk,  and  state 
particular  fund. 

Sec.  12.  Funds  from  special  assessments  to  be  kept 
separate  and  used  for  no  other  purpose. 

Sec.  13.     Defines  duties  of  City  Collector. 

Sec.  14.  To  make  annual  report,  and  City  Clerk  to 
publish  or  post  same  as  in  case  of  Treasurer's  report. 

Sec.  15.  Must  not  detain  money  ;  penalty,  immediate 
removal  from  ofl&ce. 

Sec.  16.  Books  always  open  to  examination  ;  must  pay 
over  all  money  collected  every  two  weeks,  or  oftener,'as  di- 
rected. 

Sec,  20.  All  ofl&cers  connected  with  receipts  or  expend- 
iture of  money  may  be  required  to  perform  other  duties 
when  specified. 

Sec.  21.  Appeal  to  Finance  Committee  to  adjust  dif- 
ferences in  accounts  of  financial  officers,  and  decision  final 
unless  Council  otherwise  directs. 

Sec.  22.  Each  officer  to  appoint  his  subordinates  in 
office. 

Sec.  23.  Par.  III.,  Starr  &  Curtiss,  vol.  1,  page  733, 
relates  to  tax  of  foreign  insurance  companies.  This  section 
seems  inoperative,  as  repealed  by  sec.  30  of  the  statute  con- 
cerning insurance  in  force  July  1st,  1879. 

Insurance  Company  vs.  Chicago,  126  111.  276. 

In  lieu  of  above  section,  see  laws  of  1895,  Brad.  ed. 
page  69,  which  repeals  prior  statutes,  and  is  in  force. 


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ARTICLE  VIII. 

ASSESSMENT   AND   COLLECTION   OF   TAXES. 

Section  1.  Provides  method  for  ascertaining"  amount 
of  revenue  to  be  raised,  and  when  ;  by  ordinance  specifying" 
purpose  for  which  levied. 

Sec.  2.  To  be  collected  as  State  and  county  taxes  are, 
and  by  same  officers. 

Sec.  3.     Collecting"  officer  to  settle  every  two  weeks. 

Sec.  4.  Special  taxes  to  be  set  apart  for  payment  of 
intended  debt. 

Sec.  5.  Uniformity  required  in  all  general  taxes. 
Constitution  1870,  art.  9,  sec.  9. 

Note. — The  foregoing  refers  to  Kurd's  Revised  Stat- 
utes of  Illinois,  of  1897. 


ORDINANCES 


OF   THE 


CITY  OF  URBANA 


AN  ORDINANCE 

For  Revising  and  Consolidating  the  General  Ordinances  of 
the  City  of  Urbana,  Illinois. 


Whereas,  It  has  become  expedient  to  consolidate,  ar- 
rang-e  in  appropriate  chapters  and  sections,  index  and  revise 
the  g-eneral  ordinances  of  the  City  of  Urbana,  Illinois,  and 
supply  defects  therein,  and  to  that  end  to  adopt  an  ordi- 
nance in  revision  of  said  ordinances;  therefore, 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  oj 
Urbana.,  Illinois.,   in  manner  follozving — that  is  to  say: 

CHAPTER  I. 

ADDITIONS,  MAPS    AND    PLATS. 

SECTION- 

1.  Additions  to  correspond  with  streets. 

2.  Plats  must  be  submitted  to  Council. 

3.  I'enalty  for  recording  plat  before  approval,  etc. 

4.  Penalty  for  selling  lots,   etc. 

5.  Certificate  of  approval. 

Section  1.  Any  addition  which  may  hereafter  be  made 
to  the  City  of  Urbana,  or  any  lands  adjoining-  or  within  the 
same,  which  may  be  laid  out  into  lots  or  blocks,  shall, 
where  practicable,  be  so  laid  out,  surveyed  and  platted,  that 
the  blocks  or  other  subdivisions  thereof  shall  conform  to 
the  regular  blocks  of  the  original  town  plat,  or  with  the 
regular  blocks  of  the  additions  adjoining  such  lands  or  ad- 
ditions so  proposed  to  be  laid  out,  and  the  streets  and  alleys 
shall  correspond  with  and  conform  to  the  previously  estab- 
lished streets  and  allej^s  with  which  they  may  connect,  and 
continue  the  same. 


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Sec.  2.  Any  person  who  shall  survey  or  plat  any  addi- 
tion to  the  City  of  Urbana,  or  any  lands  adjoining-  or  with- 
in the  same,  into  lots,  blocks  or  other  subdivisions,  or  shall 
re-subdivide  any  block,  lot,  sub-lot,  out-lot,  or  part  thereof, 
within  said  city,  shall  submit  the  map,  plat  or  subdivision 
thereof  to  the  City  Council  for  its  approval  ;  and  no  such 
map,  plat  or  subdivision  shall  be  valid,  or  be  admitted  to 
record  in  the  office  of  the  Recorder  of  Deeds  in  and  for 
Champaig-n  county  until  the  same  has  been  so  submitted 
and  approved  by  the  City  Council. 

Sec.  3.  Any  person  who  shall,  as  owner  of  the  land  so 
surveyed  or  platted,  or  as  the  agent  of  any  such  owner, 
cause  to  be  recorded  in  the  Recorder's  office  of  Champaign 
county  any  such  map,  plat  or  subdivision  mentioned  in  sec- 
tion 2,  without  having  the  same  submitted  to  and  approved 
by  the  said  City  Council  before  filing  the  same  in  said  Re- 
corder's office  for  record,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not 
less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars. 

Sec.  4.  Any  person  who  as  owner  of  the  land  so  sur- 
veyed or  platted,  or  as  the  agent  of  any  such  owner,  shall 
sell,  or  offer  for  sale,  any  lot,  block,  subdivision  or  part 
thereof,  in  any  such  addition,  division  or  subdivision  of 
lands  as  mentioned  in  section  2  hereof,  before  the  map, 
plat  or  subdivision  thereof  has  been  approved  by  said  City 
Council,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
twenty-five  dollars,  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for 
each  offense. 

Sec.  5.  If  the  City  Council  approve  any  map  or  plat  of 
any  addition  or  subdivision  submitted  to  it,  as  herein  pro- 
vided, a  certificate  of  such  approval  shall  be  endorsed  upon 
said  map  or  plat,  signed  by  the  Mayor  and  attested  by  the 
City  Clerk. 


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CHAPTER  II. 

AMUSEMENTS. 
SECTION— 

1.  Classification  of  amusements. 

2.  License  for,  required. 
3      Licenses  and  fees. 

4.  How  license  obtained. 

5.  License  subject  to  ordinances  in  force. 

6.  Entertainments  prohibited  where  lifjuors  sold. 

7.  Indecent   plays. 

Section  1.  For  the  purpose  of  providing"  for  the  licens- 
ing- of  theatricals,  shows,  amusements,  and  all  public  exhi- 
bitions for  g'ain,  the  same  are  hereby  divided  into  three 
classes,  which  shall  be  known  as  first,  second  and  third 
class,  viz  : 

First.  Entertainments  of  a  reg-ular  or  dramatic  or  op- 
eratic character  and  neg-ro  minstrels,  g-iven  in  theaters  or 
opera  houses,  shall  be  known  as  entertainments  of  the  first 
class. 

Second.  Concerts  or  other  musical  entertainments, 
public  reading^s,  exhibitions  of  painting^s  and  statuary,  per- 
formance of  feats  of  jug-g-lery,  sleight-of-hand  or  necro- 
mancy, exhibitions  of  natural  or  artificial  curiosities,  vari- 
ety shows,  and  other  entertainments  of  every  kind  and 
character  not  mentioned  in  this  section,  which  may  be  g-iven 
in  theaters,  opera  houses  or  public  halls,  shall  be  known 
as  entertainments  of  the  second  class. 

Third.  Circuses,  menag-eries,  caravans,  hippodromes, 
side-shows  and  concerts,  minstrel  or  musical  entertainments 
g"iven  under  a  canvas,  exhibitions  of  freaks  of  nature  or 
monsters,  and  all  exhibitions  that  may  be  g-iven  in  the  open 
air  or  under  a  canvas,  not  herein  specifically  mentioned, 
shall  be  known  as  entertainments  of  the  third  class. 

Sec.  2.  No  person  or  persons  shall  g-ive  any  entertain- 
ment mentioned  in  this  chapter,  within  the  corporate  limits 
of  the  city,  for  g-ain,  without  a  license  therefor,  first  had 
and  obtained  from  the  City  Clerk,  under  the  corporate  seal, 
under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than 
two  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense.  Provided,  that  for 
concerts,  exhibitions,  musical  entertainments,  lectures  or 
dramatic  entertainnents  g-iven  by  or  for  some  lodg-e,  associ- 


16  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA. 

ation,  society  or  church,  or  entertainments  for  charitable 
purposes,  no  license  shall  be  required. 

Sec.  3.  Each  license  shall  express  on  its  face  for  what 
it  is  g-ranted,  and  the  time  for  which  it  is  granted,  and  the 
following-  fees  shall  be  charg-ed  for  each  license  g-ranted, 
and  shall  be  paid  to  the  City  Clerk  in  advance  by  the  per- 
son, persons  or  corporations  applying-  for  such  license,  viz  : 

First.  For  entertainments  of  the  first  class,  the  sum 
of  three  dollars  for  a  sing-le  exhibition  or  performance  ;  for 
two  exhibitions,  five  dollars  ;  for  three  exhibitions,  seven 
dollars  ;  for  six  exhibitions,  twelve  dollars,  and  for  more 
than  six  exhibitions  the  sum  of  two  dollars  for  each  exhibi- 
tion thereover. 

Second.  For  entertainments  of  the  second  class,  the 
sum  of  two  dollars  for  each  exhibition  or  performance. 

Third.  For  entertainments  of  the  third  class,  the  fol- 
lowing- suras  shall  be  paid  as  license  fee  :  For  each  three- 
ring-ed  circus,  or  raenag-erie,  or  circus  and  menag-erie  com- 
bined, or  hippodrome,  the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars  per 
day  ;  for  each  two-ring-ed  circus  or  menag-erie,  or  circus  and 
menag-erie  combined,  or  hippodrome,  the  sum  of  fifteen  dol- 
lars per  day;  for  each  one-ring-ed  circus  or  menag-erie,  or 
circus  and  menag-erie  combined,  or  hippodrome,  the  sum  of 
ten  dollars  per  day  ;  for  each  side  show  with  any  circus, 
menag-erie  or  hippodrome,  five  dollars  per  day.  For  each 
concert,  musical  or  minstrel  show  or  entertainment  g-iven 
under  canvas,  the  sum  of  three  dollars  per  day  for  each  day. 
For  any  other  entertainment  of  the  third  class  not  herein 
specified,  the  sum  of  two  dollars  per  day  for  each  and  every 
day  shall  be  paid. 

Sec.  4.  Any  person  desiring-  a  license  fi^r  any  of  tlie 
purposes  specified  in  this  chapter  s'.all  make  a  written 
application  therefor  to  the  City  Clerk,  stating  for  what 
purpose,  and  the  time  said  license  is  desired,  the  place 
where  such  entertainment  is  to  be  held,  and  shall  accom- 
pany the  same  with  the  license  fee,  and  the  City  Clerk  shall 
issue  such  license  to'such  person  or  persons  for  the  time  the 
same  shall  be  paid  for  in  advance, 'which  said  license  shall 
also  be  sig-ned  by  the  Mayor. 


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Sec.  5.  Every  license  granted  under  the  provisions  of 
this  chapter  shall  be  subject  to  the  ordinances  of  the  city 
existing-  when  the  same  shall  be  issued,  or  which  shall 
thereafter  be  passed  so  far  as  the  same  shall  apply. 

Sec.  6.  No  person  shall  be  allowed  to  g"ive  any  concert, 
musical  entertainment,  dramatic  or  variety  show,  or  enter- 
tainment of  any  kind  or  character,  in  any  licensed  saloon 
or  places  where  intoxicating-  liquors  are  sold,  or  in  any 
place  the  entrance  to  which  shall  be  throug-h  a  saloon. 
Anj^  person  violating-  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  pen- 
alty of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars  for  each  violation. 

Sec.  7.  No  license  shall  be  g-ranted  for,  or  if  g-ranted 
the  same  shall  not  be  held  to  authorize  the  enacting-  or  per- 
formance of  any  indecent  or  lewd  plays,  exhibitions  or 
entertainments  of  any  kind  or  character  whatsoever;  and 
any  person  g-iving-,  exhibiting-  or  taking-  part  in  any  such 
play,  exhibition,  performance  or  entertainment,  shall  be 
subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars. 


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CHAPTER  III. 

ANIMALS    AND    POUNDS. 

SECTION— 

1.  Animals  prohibited  at  large. 

2.  Penalty  for  stock  being  at  large. 

3.  Pound  and  poundkeeper. 

4.  Poundkeeper  to  take  up  same. 

5.  Duty  of  policemen. 

3.  Citizens  may  take  up  animals. 

7.  Redemption  of  animals  from  pound. 

8.  Proceedings   where   owner  is   known. 

9.  Proceedings  where  owner  is  unknown — form  of  notice. 

10.  Trial  after  notice — judgment. 

11.  Proceedings  against  non-resident  owner. 

12.  Order  of  sale. 

13.  Poundkeeper's  notice  of  sale — sale. 

14.  Poundkeeper's  book — proceeds  of  sale. 

15.  Surplus  paid  to  owner. 

16.  Breaking  pound — hindering  the  impounding  of  animals. 

17.  Wrongful  taking  up  of  animals. 

18.  Report  of  poundkeeper. 

19.  Fees  of  marshal  and  policeman. 

20.  Geese. 

21.  Fees  of  poundkeeper  and  magistrate. 

22.  Driving  animals  through  the  streets. 

23.  Herding  or  staking  animals  on  streets,  etc.,  forbidden. 

24.  Suffering  animals  to  walk  over  parking  or   sidewalks. 

Section  i.  That,  hereafter,  the  running  at  large  of  any 
animals  of  the  species  of  cattle,  horse,  mule,  ass,  swine, 
sheep,  goat  or  goose,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City 
of  Urbana,  is  hereby  declared  a  nuisance,  and  is  prohibited. 

Sec.  2.  Whoever  being  the  owner  or  possessor  of  any 
snch  animal  or  goose  shall  suffer  or  permit  the  same  to  run 
or  be  at  large  shall  be  liable  for  the  costs  of  taking  up  and 
impounding,  and  all  expense  of  sustenance  for  such  animals 
v-hen  impounded,  as  heretofore  provided. 

Sec.  3.  The  City  Council  shall  provide  a  suitable  pound 
or  pounds,  which  shall  be  under  the  care  and  control  of  the 
poundkeeper  of  said  city.  The  2^Iayor  may,  by  and  with  the 
consent  of  the  City  Council,  appoint  a  suitable  person, 
poundkeeper,  who  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of 
hi?  office,  execute  a  bond,  with  security  to  be  approved  by 
the  City  Council,  in  the  penal  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars, 
conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  his 


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office,  and  for  the  payment  of  all  moneys  received  by  him  ac- 
cording to  law  and  the  ordinances  of  said  city.  Or,  the  City 
Council,  in  the  absence  of  any  appointment  of  a  poundkeeper 
by  the  Mayor  as  aforesaid,  may,  by  resolution,  direct  that  the 
City  Marshal  or  any  police  officer  shall  act  as  poundkeeper, 
m  which  case  he  shall  be  the  poundkeeper  of  said  city,  and 
siiall  have  all  the  powers  and  emoluments,  and  shall  perform 
all  the  duties  belonging  to  said  office,  as  herein  provided. 
The  said  Marshal  or  police  officer  shall  also  give  a  bond  as 
poundkeeper  in  like  sum,  with  the  same  conditions,  as  here- 
IV.  provided. 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  poundkeeper  to  take 
up  and  impound  all  animals  found  running  at  large  in  viola- 
tion of  the  ordinances  of  said  city;  and  also  to  receive  and  im- 
pound any  such  animals  when  lawfully  taken  up  by  any  other 
person.  During  the  stay  of  any  animal  in  the  pound,  he  shall 
feed  and  water  the  same. 

Sec.  5.  Every  police  officer  of- said  city  shall  forthwith 
take  up  and  impound  any  animal  known  by  him  or  creditably 
reported  to  him  to  be  unlawfully  at  large  within  the  city,  and 
to  cause  suit  to  be  instituted  against  the  owner  or  possessor 
of  such  animal  for  violation  of  this  ordinance  in  so  permitting 
such  animal  to  be  at  large. 

Sec.  6.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  any  citizen  of  said  city  to 
take  up  any  animal  unlawfully  at  large,  and  either  drive  the 
same  to  the  pound  or  confine  the  animal  in  some  safe  and 
convenient  place,  and  immediately  notify  the  poundkeeper, 
or  some  police  officer  of  the  city,  and  the  officer  so  notified 
snail  forthwith  take  charge  of  such  animal  and  impound  the 
s;.,me. 

Sec.  7.  At  any  time  before  the  sale  of  any  impounded 
animal,  the  owner  or  person  entitled  to  the  possession  there- 
of may  redeem  the  same  by  paying  to  the  poundkeeper  the 
si  ms  following:  In  all  cases  where  no  judicial  proceedings 
have  been  commenced,  as  herein  provided,  the  fees  for  tak- 
ing up  and  impounding,  and  the  cost  for  feeding  and  sus- 
tenance up  to  date  of  redemption,  shall  be  the  redemption 
money;  in  any  case  where  a  judicial  proceeding  has  been 
commenced,  but  no  judgment  rendered,  then  the  redemption 


20  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA. 

H'oney  shall  be  the  said  fee  for  taking  up  and  impounding, 
costs  of  sustenance  and  feed,  and  the  costs  accrued  in  such 
judicial  proceeding;  where  such  judicial  proceeding  has 
been  commenced  and  judgment  rendered,  then  such  judg- 
ment, the  costs  of  such  proceeding,  together  with  subse- 
quently accrued  costs,  and  charges  for  sustenance,  shall  be 
the  redemption  money  to  be  paid. 

Sec.  8.  When  any  impounded  animal  is  not  redeemed 
within  twenty-four  hours  after  the  same  is  impounded,  the 
pcundkeeper  shall  forthwith  make  complaint  before  a  Police 
Magistrate  or  some  Justice  of  the  Peace  against  the  owner 
o]  possessor  of  such  animal,  if  known,  and  thereupon  a  sum- 
mons shall  be  issued,  as  in  other  cases  for  the  violation  of  the 
ordinances  of  said  city,  and  upon  the  return  of  such  suin- 
mons,  or  the  defendant  having  appeared,  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Magistrate  to  incjuire  whether  the  defendant  has  been 
guilty  of  permitting  such  animal  to  be  at  large  contrary  to 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter;  and  if  the  defendant  be  found 
guilty,  judgment  shall  be  rendered  against  him  for  the  im- 
pounding fee  and  costs  of  sustenance  herein  prescribed,  and 
the  costs  of  suit,  and  an  order  shall  be  entered  that  the  animal 
shall  be  sold  to  satisfy  said  judgment,  in  case  the  same  shall 
not  be  paid  forthwith.  Such  order  shall  describe  the  animal, 
with  reasonable  certainty  and  state  the  time  and  place  of  im- 
pounding the  same. 

Sec.  9.  When  the  owner  of  any  animal  impounded  is 
unknown,  the  poundkeeper  shall  make  complaint  as  provided 
in  the  last  section,  against  the  unknown  owner  of  such  ani- 
mal, describing  the  same,  and  thereupon  the  Magistrate  be- 
fore whom  such  complaint  shall  be  made  shall  docket  the 
case  in  the  name  of  the  City  versus  the  unknown  owner  of 
such  animal,  describing  it  with  reasonable  certainty,  and 
shall  issue  a  notice  in  substance  as  follows,  viz: 

POUND  NOTICE. 

Whereas, complaint  has  this  day  been  made  before  me,  that  the  un- 
known owner  of  the  following  described  animal,  to-wit:    (here  describe 

animal  particularly)  impounded  at on  the 

day  of A.  D has  permitted  the  same  to  run  at  large  con- 
trary to  the  ordinances  of  the  City  of  Urbana. 

Now,  therefore,  notice  is  hereby  given  to  the  owner  ofsuchanima/ 


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and  all  persons  interested  in  the  same,  that  a  trial  will  be  had  upon  the  said 

complaint  at  my  office,  in  the  City  of  Urbana,  on  the day  of 

A.  D ,  at  the  hour  of m.,  when  and  v/herethe  owner  or  other 

persons  interested  may  appear  and  defend,  if  he  sees  fit  so  to  do. 

Witness  my  hand  and  seal  this ..day  of A.  D 

P.  M.   (or  J.   P.)      [SEAL] 

The  day  named  in  said  notice  for  trial  shall  not  be  less 
than  five  days  nor  more  than  ten  days  from  the  time  of  is- 
suing the  same,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  poundkeeper, 
city  marshal  or  any  policeman,  forthwith  to  post  three  copies 
cf  said  notice  in  three  public  places  in  said  city.  The  ofiticer 
posting  said  notices  shall  return  a  copy  thereof  to  the  office 
of  the  Magistrate  issuing  the  same,  with  his  return,  showing 
the  time  and  places  of  such  posting,  indorsed  thereon. 

Sec.  10.  When  the  notice  has  been  given  as  required 
b;,  the  last  section,  then  upon  the  day  and  hour  named  in 
such  notice,  if  the  said  animal  has  not  been  redeemed,  the 
Justice  or  Magistrate  issuing  such  notice  shall  proceed  to 
hear  the  case,  as  in  the  case  of  personal  service  of  summons; 
and  if  he  finds  that  such  animal  has  been  lawfully  and  justly 
impounded,  he  shall  render  judgment  accordingly,  and  shall 
also  render  judgment  for  the  amount  of  fees,  costs,  expenses 
and  charges  incurred  in  the  taking  up,  impounding,  feeding 
ard  sustenance  of  such  animal,  including  the  co:ts  of  said 
suit,  and  he  shall  enter  upon  his  docket  an  order  for  the. sale 
ct  such  animal  to  satisfy  said  judgment. 

Sec.  II.  If  the  name  of  the  owner  or  possessor  of  any 
impounded  animal  is  known,  but  he  resides  or  his  agent  has 
gone  out  of  the  city,  so  that  summons  cannot  be  served  upon 
him  as  provided  by  Section  8  hereof,  then  like  proceedings 
shall  be  had  and  like  judgment  rendered,  as  in  the  case  of 
unknown  owners,  as  provided  in  Sections  9  and  10  hereof, 
except  that  the  notices  provided  for  in  Section  9  shall  be  ad- 
dressed to  such  owner  or  possessor  by  name,  and  an  addi- 
tional copy  of  said  notice  shall  be  issued  and  sent  by  mail, 
acdressed  to  such  owner  or  possessor,  at  his  postoffice  ad- 
dress. If  his  postoffice  address  is  not  known,  and  upon  dili- 
gent inquiry  cannot  be  ascertained,  then  such  fact  shall  ap- 
pear in  the  return  of  the  officer  executing  said  notices,  upon 
the  copy  of  said  notice  by  him  filed  in  the  office  of  the 
Magistrate. 


22  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA. 

Sec.  12.  Upon  the  rendition  of  any  judgment  as  pre- 
scribed in  Sections  8,  lo  and  ii  of  this  chapter,  the  Magi- 
strate rendering  the  same  shall  issue  to  the  poundkeeper  an 
order  of  sale,  which  shall  be  substantially  in  the  following 
form: 

The  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois  to.. Poundkeeper: 

'A  e  command  you,  that  the  following  described  goods  and  chattels, 
to-wit:  (here  describfi  animal,)  the  property  of  (here  insert  the  name  of 
the  owner  if  known,  if  not,  thea  say;  "some  person   unknown")  you  make 

the  sum  of dollars  and cents  debt,  and 

dollars  and cents  costs,  which  the  City  of  Urbaua  lately  recovered 

before  me,  against  the  said and  hereof  make  due  return  in 

what  manner  you  execute  the  same. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  this day  of A.  D 

P.  M.  (or  J.' P.)    [seal] 

Which  order  shall  be  returned  by  such  poundkeeper 
within  thirty  days  from  its  date,  to  the  office  issuing  the 
same,  with  his  return  endorsed  thereon,  showing  when  and 
how  the  same  was  executetd. 

Sec.  13.  Upon  the  receipt  of  such  order,  the  pound- 
keeper  shall  immediately  post  ten  notices  in  ten  several  pub- 
lic places  in  said  city,  which  notices  may  be  in  substance  as 
follows: 

POUND  NOTICE. 

Taken  up  and  impounded  in  the  city  pound  of  the  City  of  Urbana,  at 
(here  state  place  of  pound),  the  following  animal;  (here  describe  animal), 
which,  unless  redeemed,  will  be  sold  at  public  auction  for  cash  to  the  high- 
est bidder,  at at  the  hour  of o'clock m.,  on  the 

day  of A.  D 

Poundkeeper. 

The  day  of  sale  mentioned  in  said  notices  shall  not  be 
less  than  three  nor  more  than  five  days  after  posting  the 
srime,  exclusive  of  Sundays,  holidays  and  election  days;  and 
if  the  said  animal  is  not  redeemed,  the  poimdkeeper  shall  sell 
the  same  in  accordance  with  said  notice,  to  the  highest  and 
btst  bidder  for  cash  in  hand.  Said  sale  shall  be  made  be- 
tween the  hours  of  9  o'clock  a.  m.  and  4  o'clock  p.  m.  Said 
poundkeeper  shall  not  sell  two  or  more  animals  at  one 
bidding. 

Sec.  14.  The  poundkeeper  shall  keep  a  book,  to  be 
provided  by  the  City,  which  shall  be  open  to  the  inspection 
of  the  public,  in  which  he  shall  record  a    description    of    all 


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animals  impounded,  with  the  date  of  impounding  each,  the 
owner's  name  if  known,  the  name  of  the  person  or  officer  by 
whom  the  animal  was  taken  up,  also  what  disposition  was 
made  of  such  animal,  when  and  by  whom  redeemed,  or,  in 
CHse  of  sale,  the  date  of  sale,  the  name  of  the  purchaser  and 
the  amount  received  therefor;  and  said  poundkeeper  shall, 
within  ten  days  after  sale  of  animals,  as  herein  provided,  pay 
into  the  City  Treasury  all  moneys  received  by  him  in  excess 
of  the  fees,  costs  and  charges  accruing  to  him,  and  the  costs 
accruing  in  the  judicial  proceedings,  which  last  named  costs 
he  shall  pay  over  to  the  magistrate  issuing  the  order  of  sale. 

Sec.  15.  If  any  surplus  proceeds  of  any  sale  shall  have 
been  paid  into  the  City  Treasury,  the  owner  of  the  artimal 
'.o  sold  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  such  surplus,  less  all  costs 
and  charges  which  may  have  accrued  to  the  officers  of  the 
City,  upon  presenting  to  the  City  Council,  or  the  proper 
committee  thereof,  satisfactory  proof  of  his  ownership,  to- 
gether with  a  certificate  of  the  poundkeeper  of  the  amount  of 
such  surplus. 

Sec.  16.  Whoever  shall  break  open,  or  in  any  manner, 
dnectly  or  indirectly,  aid  or  assist  in,  or  counsel  or  advise 
the  breaking  open  of  any  city  pound,  or  shall  take  or  attempt 
to  take  therefrom  any  impounded  animal  without  the  pound- 
keeper's  consent,  or  whoever  shall  hinder,  or  delay,  or 
obstruct  the  taking  of  any  animal  found  unlawfully  at  large 
*^o  the  pound,  or  shall  attempt  to  prevent  the  impounding 
tl  ereof,  in  any  manner,  shall,  in  either  case,  be  subject  to  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars,  nor  more  than  one  hun- 
fired  dollars. 

Sec.  17.  Any  person  who  shall  take  or  diive  any  ani- 
mal from  any  enclosed  lot  or  tract  of  ground,  or  from  any 
stable  or  other  building,  or  from  outside  of  the  city  limits, 
tc  any  pound  in  said  city,  or  with  intent  that  such  animal 
may  be  impounded,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  every 
animal   so  taken  or  driven  as  aforesaid. 

Sec.  18.  The  poundkeeper  shall,  at  each  regular  meet- 
ing of  the  City  Council,  make  a  full  and  complete  report, 
under    oath,  of    all    animals    impounded,  the    names    of  the 


24  Ordinances  of  the;  city  of  urbana. 


owners  thereof,  the  disposition  made  of  such  animals,  and  all 
receipts  and  expenditures  of  and  for  his  pound,  and  shall  file 
therewith  the  receipt  of  the  treasurer  for  all  money  paid  into 
the  City  Treasury. 

Sec.  19.  When  the  City  Marshal  or  any  Policeman  of 
the  City  is,  by  order  of  the  City  Council,  directed  to  act  as 
pcamdkeeper,  then  the  fees  and  charges  allowed  the  pound- 
keeper  under  and  by  this  chapter,  shall  be  considered  as 
compensation  as  poundkeeper,  and  shall  be  allowed  in  ad- 
dition to  the  regular  salaries  allowed  him  as  City  Marshal 
or  policeman,   respectively. 

Sec.  20.  All  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  wherein 
geese  are  not  specifically  mentioned  shall  be  construed  to  ap- 
ply to  the  taking  up  and  impounding  of  geese,  as  well  as 
animals. 

Sec.  21.  There  shall  be  allowed  the  poundkeeper  of 
said  city  the  following  fees  for  services  under  the  provisions 
cf  this  chapter: 

For  taking  up  animals  and  putting  them  in  pound,  as 
follows:  For  each  hog  (except  sucking  pigs),  twenty-five 
cents;  for  each  sucking  pig,  goose,  goat  or  sheep,  ten  cents; 
for  all  other  animals  taken  up,  fifty  cents  each. 

For  providing  feed  and  sustenance  for  impounding  ani- 
mals, the  following  fees  shall  be  allowed  for  each  day,  or 
part  of  a  day;  For  each  hog  (except  sucking  pigs),  sheep  or 
goat,  twenty-five  cents;  for  each  sucking  pig  or  goose,  ten 
cents;  for  all  other  animals,  fifty  cents  each. 

There  also  shall  be  allowed  and  charged  as  an  impound- 
ing fee,  for  receiving  and  taking  animals  into  the  pound,  the 
following  fees:  For  each  hog  (except  sucking  pigs),  sheep, 
or  goat,  twenty-five  cents;  for  each  sucking  pig  or  goose,  ten 
cents;    for  all  other  animals,  fifty  cents. 

For  posting,  advertisements,  under  this  ordinance,  to 
owners  of  animals,  the  following  fees  shall  be  allowed:  For 
each  hog,  goat  or  goose,  ten  cents;  for  all  other  animals, 
tv^enty-five  cents. 

For  selling  any  impounded  animals  under  any  order  of 
sale  issued  by  a  court  of  competent  jurisdiction,  the  follow- 
ing  fees   shall  be  allowed:      For  selling  hogs   (sucking  pigs 


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excepted),  sheep  or  goats,  twenty-five  cents  each;  for  each 
sucking  pig  or  goose,  ten  cents;  for  all  other  animals,  one 
dollar  each. 

Police  Magistrates  or  Justices  of  the  Peace  shall  be  al- 
lowed, in  all  cases  under  this  chapter,  the  same  fees  for  dock- 
eting suits  and  issuing  process  of  all  kinds,  and  for  other 
services,  as  are  now  provided  by  statute  in  civil  cases,  to  be 
taxed  and  collected  as  is  now  provided  by  ordinance  and 
statutes. 

Sec.  22.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  drive 
any  mules  or  horses  through  the  streets  or  alleys  of  said 
city,  unless  they  are  securely  haltered  and  controlled  and 
led  by  some  person  having  charge  thereof.  Any  person  vio- 
lating this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  three  dollars,  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars  for  each  of- 
fense. 

Sec.  23.  No  person  or  persons  whomsoever  shall  herd 
or  stake  out  any  cattle,  horse,  hog,  sheep,  goat  or  goose 
upon  any  street,  alley,  public  ground,  park  or  commons 
within  said  city.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three 
dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  ofTense. 

Sec.  24.  No  person  or  persons  driving  cattle,  horses  or 
other  animals  upon  or  along  the  streets  of  said  city  shall  suf- 
kr  or  permit  such  animal  or  animals  to  walk  over  or  pass 
alcng  or  upon  the  parking  in  said  streets  or  the  sidewalks 
thereof,  nor  drive  the  same  thereover.  Any  person  or  per- 
sons violating  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  subject 
to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty 
c'ollars  for  each  and  every  ofTense. 


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CHAPTER  IV. 

AUCTIONS    AND    AUCTIONEERS. 

SECTION— 

1.  License  required  for  auctioneers. 

2.  License  fee  and  bond. 

3.  License — how  obtained — not  transferable. 

4.  Clerks. 

5.  Revocation  of  license. 

6.  Selling  on  streets,  permit  required. 

7.  Substitution  of  articles— penalty. 

8.  Penalties  for  permitting  unlicensed    persons    to    sell    without 
permit. 

Section  i.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons to  pursue  the  business  of  auctioneer  or  outcry  the  sale  of 
any  goods,  wares  or  merchandise  or  other  property  at  auc- 
t.on,  except  such  as  are  made  under  and  by  virtue  of  legal 
pjocess,  judicial  orders  or  sale  under  chattel  mortgage,  with- 
out a  license  therefor:  and  any  person,  whomsoever,  violat- 
ing the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty 
of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dol- 
lars. 

Sec.  2.  Any  person  may  become  an  auctioneer,  and  be 
licensed  to  sell  personal  property  at  public  auction,  at  a 
place  to  be  named  in  the  license,  upon  payment  to  the  City 
Clerk  a  license  fee  of  ten  dollars  for  six  months  or  twenty 
dollars  for  one  year,  and  executing  a  bond  to  the  city,  with 
suieties  to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor,  in  the  penal  sum  of 
ont  thousand  dollars,  conditioned  for  the  due  observance  of 
the  ordinances  of  said  city,  for  the  prompt  payment  to  the 
c:ty  of  all  moneys  belonging  to  the  same,  and  for  the  prompt 
payment  of  all  moneys  and  the  delivery  of  all  goods  that  may 
come  into  his  hands  in  his  business,  to  the  persons  entitled 
to  receive  the  same:  Provided,  that  the  licenses  may  be 
issued  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  for  three  months, 
upon  the  payment  of  the  sum  of  seven  dollars:  but  no  such 
license  shall  be  issued  for  a  longer  period  than  the  municipal 
year,  nor  less  than  three  months.  And  ptozjded  further. 
ti.at  any  person  permanently  embarked  in  the  busi- 
ness of  auctioneer  and  having  auction  rooms  may  employ  an 
auctioneer  to  sell  for  him  at  his  rooms:  or  in  case  of  his  ina- 


ORDINANCES   OF   THE   CITY    OF    URBANA.  27 

bility  from  sickness  or  other  cause,  without  taking  out  any 
additional  Hcense. 

Sec.  3.  Any  person  who  may  wish  to  obtain  a  Ucense 
under  this  chapter,  shall  apply  in  writing  for  the  same  to  the 
Mayor,  setting  forth  in  such  application  his  proposed  place 
(  f  business,  the  names  of  any  partner  or  clerk,  who  will  be 
engaged  in  such  business,  the  length  of  time  for  which  such 
Kcense  is  desired  and  the  names  of  his  sureties.  If  the 
ilsyor  grants  such  license,  he  shall  make  an  indorsement  to 
that  effect  upon  such  application,  and  the  same  shall  there- 
upon be  presented  to  the  City  Clerk.  In  no  case  shall  such 
1!<  cnse  be  tiansferable,  nor  shall  any  other  person,  partner  or 
fi-m  do  business  under  the  same,  other  than  the  person 
therein  named,  nor  shall  the  place  of  business  therein  named 
O'  changed  without  the  consent  of  theMayor  indorsed  there- 
o;. 

Sec.  4.  The  said  license  shall  designate  who  are  per- 
n  itted  to  do  business  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  same,  either 
ar  principal,  agent  or  cleik,  and  if  any  other  person  is  em- 
ployed as  agent  or  clerk,  to  do  business  under  such  license, 
tlic  consent  of  the  Alayor  shall  be  first  had  and  obtained  and 
indorsed  on  said  license. 

Sec.  5.  All  licenses  shall  be  subject  to  revocation  by  the 
Mayor,  or  the  City  Council,  whenever  it  shall  appear  to  his 
or  their  satisfaction,  that  the  party  so  licensed,  his  agent  or 
clerk,  has  violated  any  of  the  provisions  of  any  ordinance  re- 
latmg  to  auctions  or  auctioneers,  or  any  of  the  conditions  of 
the  bond  aforesaid. 

Sec.  6.  Any  auctioneer  having  a  license,  as  aforesaid, 
c.  his  clerk  may  sell  at  public  auction  within  any  of  the 
streets  or  alleys,  squares  or  commons  of  the  city,  any  horses, 
mules,  cattle  or  any  w-agon,  carriage  or  other  vehicle,  or  any 
article  too  cumbrous  to  be  removed  to  his  place  of  business, 
by  obtaining  written  permission  from  the  Mayor;  but,  ex- 
cept as  herein  provided,  no  articles  shall  be  sold  at  public 
A  endue  by  such  persons,  on  the  streets,  alleys,  public  squares 
01  commons  as  aforesaid.  Any  auctioneer  violating  the  pro- 
virions  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  two  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 


28  ORDINANCES   OF  THE   CITY   OF   URBANA, 

Sec.  7.  Any  auctioneer  who  shall  exhibit  and  offer  for 
sale  at  auction  any  article,  and  induce  its  purchase  by  any 
bicMer,  and  shall  afterwards  substitute  any  other  article  in 
lieu  to  that  offered  to,  and  purchased  by  the  bidder,  or  who- 
ever shall,  while  engaged  in  or  about  making  any  auction 
sale,  beg-uiltj  of  any  device,  trick  or  fraudulent  practice  with 
i-.itent  thereby  to  deceive  or  defraud  any  bidder,  shall  be 
subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than 
one  hundred  dollars;  and  the  license  of  such  person  shall  be 
revoked  at  the  discretion  of  the  Mayor. 

Sec.  8.  Any  licensed  auctioneer  who  shall  permit  any 
o'"her  person  than  such  partner,  agent  or  clerk,  whose  names 
are  designated  in  his  license,  to  sell  any  article  at  auction  at 
the  place  designated  in  such  license,  without  having  permis- 
sion from  the  Mayor  for  such  person  to  sell,  indorsed  on  his 
1-cense,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dol- 
lars nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  such  person  so 
selling  as  partner,  agent,  clerk  or  otherwise,  without  such 
permission  from  the  Mayor,  shall  also  be  subject  to  a  penalty 
cf  not  less  than  five  dollars,  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dol- 
lars for  each  offense. 


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CHAPTER  V. 

BICYCLES. 

SECTION— 

1.  Riding  on  sidewalks  where  street  is  oaved. 

2.  Riding  on  sidewalks  where  street  is  not  paved— speed. 

3.  Rights   of   pedestrians,    etc. 

4.  Carry  bell  or  whistle,  etc. 

5.  Must  keep  to  the  right  on  all  streecr^   etc.,  when  passing  others. 

6.  Must  carry  lighted  lamp  or  lantern  at  night. 

Section  i.  Whoever  shall  ride  a  bicycle  upon  or  along, 
the  sidewalks  of  any  public  street  in  the  City  of  Urbana, 
where  the  said  public  street  has  a  pavement  laid  thereon,  or 
of  any  street  which  may  hereafter  have  a  pavement  laid 
thereon  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three 
d(jllars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

Sec.  2.  Whoever  shall  ride  a  bicycle  upon  or  along  any 
sidewalk  of  any  of  the  public  streets  of  said  city,  wheie  the 
stieets  have  not  been  paved  at  a  speed  to  exceed  six  (6)  miles 
per  hour,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three 
dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

Sec.  3.  That  any  person  or  persons  riding  a  bicycle 
upon  any  sidewalk  of  the  public  streets  of  the  City  of  Urbana, 
where  the  street  or  streets  have  not  been  paved,  shall  do  so 
subject  to  the  rights  of  all  pedestrians  upon  said  walks,  and 
such  persons  shall  give  the  pedestrians  the  absolute  right  to 
said  walks  and  shall  keep  out  of  their  way  and  avoid  such 
pedestrians,  and  shall  pass  all  pedestrians  upon  the  outside 
of  the  walk.  Whoever  shall  violate  the  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion shall  be  subject  to  a, penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dol- 
lars nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

Sec.  4.  That  any  person  or  persons  riding  upon  the 
sidewalks  of  any  of  the  public  streets  of  the  City  of  Urbana, 
any  bicycles  or  wheels,  shall  have  and  carry  upon  their  wheel 
a  bell  or  whistle  and  shall  sound  the  same  when  approaching 
any  pedestrian  at  a  distance  of  not  less  than  one  hundred 
(100)  feet  from  said  pedestrian,  and  continue  sounding  such 
whistle  or  bell  until  such  pedestrian's  attention  is  called  to 
the  approach  of  said  bicycle.     Any  person  violating  the  pro- 


30  ORDINANCES   OF    THE    CITY    OF    URBAN  A. 

visions  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not 
less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

Sec.  5.  All  persons  meeting  upon  any  street  or  public 
ground  within  said  city,  shall  seasonably  turn  to  the  right, 
vl  ether  in  vehicles,  or  upon  motors,  bicycles,  or  animals,  so 
as  to  permit  passing  without  interference  or  interruption. 
Any  person  who  shall  violate  the  provisions  of  this  section 
si  all  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars, 
Hc  r  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

Sec.  6.  \\^hoever  shall  within  said  city  between  the  time 
of  dusk  and  daylight,  ride  upon  or  along  any  of  the  public 
streets  or  sidewalks  of  said  city  a  bicycle,  unless  the  same 
shall  be  provided  with  and  carry  a  lighted  lamp  or  lantern 
thereon,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three 
dollars  nor  more  than  fiftv  dollars  for  each  offense. 


CHAPTER  YI. 

BILLIARDS,    TEN-PINS,    ETC. 

SECTION— 

1  License  required— penalty. 

2  License  fees. 

3.  Billiard  rooms,  etc.— when  closed. 

4.  Minors  playing  or  loitering,  etc.,  in  billiard  rooms,  etc. 
Section   i.     Whoever  shall  keep  within  the  City  of  Ur- 

bana  for  gain  any  billiard,  pool,  bagatelle  or  pigeon-hole 
table  or  any  ball  or  ten-pin  alley,  to  be  used  or  played  by 
others,  without  a  license  therefor,  shall  be  subject  to  a  pen- 
a;ty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars  for  each  time  any  person  may  be  permitted  to  play 
thereon  or  therewith;  Provided,  that  this  article  shall 
not  apply  to  any  such  article  above  named  kept  in  private 
houses  for  private  use  or  in  club  rooms  for  the  use  of  the 
chib  members. 

Sec.  2.  There  shall  be  taxed  and  collected  for  a  Hcense 
to  keep  a  bilhard  or  pool  table  for  one  year  or  less,  five 
dollars  for  each  table.  There  shall  be  taxed  and  collected  for 
a  license  to  keep  a  ten-pin  alley  or  ball  alley  for  one  year 


ORDINANCES   OF  THE   CITY   OF   URBANA.  31 

or  less,  ten  dollars  for  each  alley.  There  shall  be  taxed  and 
collected  for  a  license  to  keep  a  bagatelle  table  or  a  pigeon- 
hole table  ten  dollars  each  for  one  year  or  less. 

Sec.  3.  All  billiard  rooms  and  ten-pin  or  ball  alleys 
shall  be  kept  closed  by  the  proprietor  thereof  on  Sunday, 
and  on  week  days  they  shall  be  closed  by  thirty  minutes  after 
ten  o'clock  in  the  evening  of  each  day,  and  be  kept  closed 
until  five  o'clock  in  the  morning  of  the  next  day  following. 
Any  person  violating  this  section  shall,  for  each  ofifense,  be 
subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more 
than  one  hundred   dollars. 

Sec.  4.  No  keeper,  agent  or  servant  of  any  billiard 
room,  bagatelle  or  pigeon-hole  table  or  ten-pin  or  ball  alley, 
kept  and  maintained  in  said  city,  shall  allow  any  minor  to 
play  at  any  game  upon  such  tables  or  alleys  kept  by  him,  nor 
shall  he  permit  any  such  minors  to  frequent  or  loiter  about 
or  remain  in  the  same  premises,  unless  upon  the  written  con- 
sent of  the  parent  or  guardian  of  such  minor,  under  a  penalty 
of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dol- 
L'.r?  for  each  violation  of  this  section,  and  upon  conviction 
t!  treof  shall  forfeit  his  license  at  the  discretion  of  :he  Mayor. 


32  ORDINANCES    OF   THE    CITY    OF    UKBANA. 


CHAPTER  VII. 

BOARD    OF    HEALTH. 

SECTION— 

1.  Board  of  Health  to  be  appointed. 

2.  Term  of  office— compensation. 

3.  Duties  of  board. 

4.  Powers  of  board. 

5.  Hospitals— nurses 

6.  Removing  persons  to  hospitals. 

7.  Orders  of  the  board— how  made — penalty  for  disobeying. 

8.  Small-pox  notices. 

9.  Unlawful  for  persons  to  go  abroad — when. 

10.  Duty  of  Mayor  to  give  notice— when. 

11.  Orders — penalty  for  violating. 

12.  Report  of  physicians. 

13.  Order  vaccination— penalty. 

14.  Notice  to  cleanse  premise.^;. 

15.  Changing  wearing  apparel. 

16.  Bringing  person  or  clothing  infected  into  the  city— penalty, 

17.  Removal  of  infected  c'othing  from  city. 

Section  i.  That  a  Board  of  Health  be  appointed  by  the 
Mayor  of  Urbana,  by  and  with  the  consent  of  the  City  Coun- 
cil, consisting  of  three  reputable  citizens  of  the  city,  one  of 
whom  shall  be  a  physician,  who  shall  constitute  a  Board  of 
Health  in  and  for  the  City  of  Urbana.  And  they  shall  elect 
from  among  their  own  number  a  president  and  secretary. 

Sec.  2.  The  term  of  office  for  the  members  of  said  board 
siiall  not  extend  beyond  the  municipal  year  in  which  they 
arc  appointed;  and  the  City  Council  may  by  a  two-thirds 
vote,  at  any  time  during  the  year,  discharge  any  or  all/mem- 
bers from  further  service.  The  several  members  of  the  board 
shall  be  entitled  to  receive  a  reasonable  compensation  for 
such  time,  as  they  shall  necessarily  devote  to  the  duties  of 
their  office. 

Sec.  3.  The  board  shall  exercise  a  general  supervision 
ever  the  health  of  the  city,  and  shall  make  general  and  dili- 
gent examination  and  inquiry  into  all  matters  affecting  the 
same.  It  shall  cause  all  nuisances  to  be  abated  and  removed 
which  it  may  deem  prejudicial  to  the  public  health,  and  it 
may  make  such  sanitary  rules  and  regulations  as  it  deems 
necessary  or  expedient  to  preserve  and  promote  the  public 


ORDINANCES    OF   THE   CITY   OF    URBANA.  33 

1-calth  or  prevent  the  introduction  or  spreading  of  any  con- 
tpgious,  malignant,  infectious  or  pestilential  disease. 

Sec.  4.  Each  member  of  the  board  shall  have  the  right 
?t  all  times  during  daylight  to  enter  any  house,  store,  stable 
or  other  building  or  premises,  and  to  examine  and  inspect 
the  same,  and  if  he  deems  necessary,  to  cause  the  floors  to  be 
raised  in  order  that  he  may  examine  any  cellar,  vault  or 
drain;  and  to  cause  all  privies,  water  closets,  dry  wells  and 
swill  barrels  to  be  cleaned,  renovated  or  removed;  and  to 
cause  all  dead  animals,  or  nauseous  or  unwholesome  thing 
ac  substance  to  be  removed  or  disposed  of  as  they  may  di- 
rect; and  to  cause  any  and  all  premises  within  the  city  to  be 
cleaned,  and  all  nuisances  removed  therefrom.  In  cases  of 
pestilence  or  epidemic  disease,  or  of  danger  from  anticipated 
or  impending  pestilence  or  disease,  or  in  case  the  sanitary 
condition  of  the  city  should  be  of  such  character  as  to  war- 
rant it,  the  said  board  can  take  such  measures,  and  do,  order, 
or  cause  to  be  done,  such  acts  for  the  preservation  of  the 
public  health  as  it  may  deem  the  public  health  and  safety 
df^mand. 

Sec.  5.  The  Board  of  Health  ma}-,  when  the  sanitary 
condition  or  preservation  of  the  public  health  of  the  city  shall 
render  it  necessary,  establish  such  temporary  hospitals,  and 
piovide  such  necessaries  therefor,  as  the  public  exigency 
n]ay  require;  and  said  board  shall  be  authorized  to  employ 
such  nurses  and  assistants  for  such  hospital  or  hospitals  as 
may  be  deemed  necessary,  and  shall  see  that  all  persons  so 
employed  by  them  faithfully  perform  their  several  duties. 

Sec.  6.  The  Board  of  Health  may  cause  any  person 
having  infectious,  contagious  or  pestilential  disease,  or  who 
has  been  exposed  thereto,  to  be  quarantined,  or  to  be  remove^ 
to  such  hospital,  and  there  provide  the  necessary  medical  at- 
tention, nurses  and  other  provisions  for  such  person,  at  his 
expense. 

Sec.  7.  x\ll  orders  of  the  board  when  in  session  shall  be 
made  in  writing  and  certified  to  by  the  secretary,  and  the 
Board  of  Health  shall  cause  them  to  be  executed  by  the  City 
Marshal.  Whoever  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  obey  any  order 
01  the  said  Board  of  Health,  or  any  member  thereof,  whether 


34  ORDINANCES   OF  THE   CITY   OF   URBANA. 

general  or  special,  verbal  or  written,  shaH  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdeameanor,  and  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not 
less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  8.  If  any  person  in  the  city  shall  have  the  small- 
pox, or  other  like  malignant  and  infectious  disease,  the 
Board  of  Health  shall,  upon  information  thereof,  cause 
notices  thereof  to  be  prepared  for  that  purpose  on  which  shall 
be  printed  or  painted  the  name  of  the  disease  in  large  let- 
ters, the  same  to  be  posted  in  some'  conspicuous  place  on  the 
house  or  premises  occupied  by  such  person  and  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  such  occupant  or  occupants  of  such  house  to  keep 
such  notices  so  posted  up  as  long  as  directed  by  said  board, 
under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than 
filty  dollars. 

Sec.  9.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  connected 
V.  ith  any  family,  or  an  inmate  of  any  house  infected  as  afore- 
said, to  visit,  frequent  or  go  into  the  business  or  inhabitated 
portions,  streets  or  thoroughfares  of  the  city,  while  such  in- 
fectious or  contagious  disease  shall  exist  or  be  in  the  city, 
and  every  person  who  shall  be  connected  with  any  family,  or 
an  inmate  of  any  hoijse  infected,  as  aforesaid,  who  shall  visit 
or  frequent  or  go  into  the  business  or  inhabited  portions, 
stieets  or  thoroughfares  of  the  city,  shall  be  subject  to  a 
p<  nalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dol- 
k  rs  for  every  time  he  or  she  shall  leave  the  infected 
piemises  for  the  purpose  of  going  into  the  business  or  in- 
habited portions,  streets  or  thoroughfares  of  the  city  afore- 
said, without  obtaining  a  permit  from  said  Board  of  Health. 

Sec.  10.  Whenever  it  shall  come  to  the  knowledge  of 
the  Mayor  that  any  infectious  or  contagious  disease  has 
broken  out  or  exists  in  the  city,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Mayor  to  give  notice  to  the  persons  occupying  the  house  or 
premises  in  which  the  disease  exists,  that  the  provisions  of 
mis  ordinance  will  be  enforced,  and  shall  give  notice  that  the 
persons  mentioned  in  Section  Nine  of  this  ordinance  are  re- 
quired to  keep  within  the  bounds  prescribed,  and  the  Mayor 
is  further  authorized  to  see  that  the  families  thus  kept  with- 
in bounds  are  furnished  with  all  necessary  food  and  medicine. 

Sec.    II.     All   orders   and   regulations   of  the   Board   of 


ORDINANCES    OF    THE    CITY    OF    URBANA.  35 

Health  shall  be  obeyed  by  all  persons  in  the  city;  said  board 
may  order  the  abatement  of  any  nuisance  existing  contrar}^ 
to  any  city  ordinance,  which  may  be  prejudicial  to  the  public 
health.  Whoever  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  obey  any  order 
of  said  board,  as  herein  required,  shall,  for  every  such  of- 
ionse  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  12.  Every  practicing  physician  of  the  City  of  Ur- 
bcina,  who  shall  have  any  patient  therein,  laboring  under  any 
cc-ntagious,  infectious  or  pestilential  disease,  shall  forthwith 
r  ake  report  thereof,  in  writing,  to  some  member  of  the 
Hoard  of  Health,  stating  the  name  and  describing  the  locality 
oi  such  patient,  so  that  he  may  be  easily  found;  and  for  any 
neglect  or  failure  to  so  report,  such  physician  shall  incur  a 
p*.nalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  fiftv  dol- 
Ic'-rs. 

Sec.  13.  The  Board  of  Health  may  take  such  measures 
ss  they  may  from  time  to  time  deem  necessary  to  prevent  the 
spread  of  small-pox,  by  issuing  an  order  requiring  all  per- 
sons in  the  city  or  any  part  thereof,  to  be  vaccinated  within 
5uch  time  as  they  shall  prescribe;  and  all  persons  refusing  or 
neglecting  to  obey  such  order  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars. 
Sec.  14.  The  Mayor  shall  annually,  during  the  month 
of  May,  cause  printed  notices  to  be  pasted  up,  in  at  least  fifty 
of  the  most  public  places  in  said  city,  commanding  all  per- 
sons in  said  city,  within  fifteen  days  from  the  date  of  said 
notices,  to  thoroughly  cleanse  and  purify  their  yards,  barn 
lots,  pig  styes,  cellars,  privies,  and  the  alleys  and  streets 
adjacent,  of  all  trash,  filth,  manure  and  other  noisome  sub- 
stances likely  to  occasion  disease,  or  prove  offensive  to  any 
person  in  said  city,  under  penalty  of  failure  so  to  do,  of  rigid 
prosecution  under  the  ordinances  of  said  city;  and  it  is 
hereby  declared  the  duty  of  the  City  Marshal  and  City  Super- 
intendent of  Streets  to  inspect  the  yards,  barn  lots,  pig  styes, 
cellars  and  privies  of  every  person  in  said  cit}',  as  well  as  all 
the  streets  and  alleys  of  said  city,  and  shall  make  complaint 
and  cause  to  be  prosecuted  every  person  who  fails  to  comply 
with  such  notices.     Provided,   That  the  notices  aforesaid 


36  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA. 

shall  not  be  construed  as  a  condition  precedent  to  fixing  the 
bability  of  any  person  for  the  violation  of  any  of  the  provis- 
ions of  this  chapter,  and  whoever  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to 
cleanse  and  purify  their  premises  as  aforesaid,  or  shall  refuse 
or  neglect  to  obey  the  order  of  the  Mayor  or  City  Marshal 
given  in  pursuance  of  this  section,  shall  be  subject  to  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  and  not  exceeding  one 
hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  15.  Any  physician,  nurse  or  servant,  attending  or 
being  about  any  person  having  the  small-pox,  or  like  infec- 
ticns  or  contagious  disease,  who  shall  not  change  or  purify 
his  wearing  apparel  before  going  upon  any  street  or  into  any 
public  place,  or  shall  otherwise  conduct  himself  as  to  en- 
dr'.nger  the  spreading  of  the  disease,  shall,  for  each  and  every 
oflense  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars 
nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

Sec.  16.  Whoever  shall  bring  into  said  city  any  per- 
son having  the  small-pox  or  other  like  infectious  or  conta- 
gious disease,  or  any  clothing,  bedding,  or  other  article  or 
thing  infected  with  small-pox,  or  other  infectious  or  conta- 
gious disease,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  subject  to  a  penalty 
of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dcllars. 

Sec.  17.  Said  Board  shall  cause  any  wearing  apparel  or 
bedding  which  they  may  deem  infectious  or  likely  to  endan- 
ger the  public  health  or  safety,  to  be  removed  beyond  the  city 
hmits  of  the  city  and  destroyed. 


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CHAPTER  VIII. 

CITY    ATTORNEY. 

SECTION— 

1.  Duty  of. 

2.  Compensation. 

Section  i.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Attorney  to 
prosecute  all  suits  for  the  recovery  of  f.nes  or  penalties,  be- 
fore any  court,  for  the  violation  of  any  of  the  laws  or  ordi- 
nances of  said  city,  to  furnish  his  written  opinion  upon  any 
legal  questions  submitted  to  him  for  such  opinion  by  the  City 
Council,  and  to  attend  all  meetings  of  said  Council,  when  re- 
quested so  to  do  by  a  majority  of  the  Council;  and  he  shall 
also  make  any  reports  concerning  any  suits  to  which  the  city 
may  be  a  party,  whenever  directed  so  to  do  by  the  Council. 
He  shall  also  prosecute  any  suits  brought  by  the  City  against 
any  person  or  corporation,  or  defend  any  suit  brought  by  any 
person  or  corporation  against  the  city,  whenever  requested  so 
to  do  by  the  City  Council.  He  shall  also  assist  the  Corpora- 
tion Counsel  in  any  suits  brought  against  the  City  or  by  it; 
whenever  called  upon  so  to  do  by  the  City  Council. 

Sec.  2.  The  City  Attorney  shall  receive  for  his  services 
the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  and  in  addition 
thereto  he  shall  be  entitled  to  twenty  per  cent  of  all  fines 
assessed  and  collected  in  city  cases  for  a  violation  of  any  of 
the  city  ordinances,  and  two  dollars  in  addition  in  each  case 
as  Attorney's  fees  to  be  taxed  as  costs  of  conviction. 
Provided,  That  in  such  cases  the  City  Attorney  shall  be  pres- 
ent and  prosecute  said  cases.  The  said  Attorney  shall  re- 
ceive no  other  compensation  than  as  herein  provided  except, 
in  the  event  of  said  Attorney  being  compelled  to  incur  any 
expense  in  attending  the  Appellate  or  Supreme  Courts  of  the 
State  in  behalf  of  the  City,  he  shall  be  allowed  and  receive  his 
reasonable  expenses  therefor. 


38  ORDINANCES   OF  THE   CITY   OE   URBANA. 


CHAPTER  IX. 

CLAIMS    AGAINST   CITY. 

SECTION— 

1.  Claims  sworn  to   and   referred,  etc. 

2.  When  to  be  presented  to  clerk — duty  of  committee. 

Section  i.  No  claim  or  account  against  the  City  of 
Tjibana,  except  for  the  salaries  of  its  regularly  elected  or  ap- 
I'finted  and  commissioned  ofificers,  or  for  the  payment  of  a 
special  contract  made  by  the  City  Council,  oi  some  officer  of 
the  City  authorized  by  ordinance  to  make  contracts,  shall  be 
crnsidered,  audited  or  allowed,  nor  shall  any  warrant  -issue 
frr  the  payment  thereof,  unless  the  person  presenting  the 
same  or  some  credible  person  for  him,  shall  make  oath  that 
such  claim  or  account  is  true,  just  and  correct,  and  that  the 
charges  therein  are  reasonable;  nor  shall  such  warrant  issue 
imtil  such  claim  or  account  has  been  examined  by  at  least 
two  of  the  committee  of  the  department  to  which  such  claim 
or  account  shall  appropriately  belong,  which  committee  shall 
repoit  such  claim  back  to  the  Council,  with  its  recommenda- 
tion indorsed  thereon,  signed  by  the  members  thereof. 

Sec.  2.  All  claims  against  the  City  shall  be  filed  with 
the  City  Clerk  by  the  morning  of  the  days  on  which  the  regu- 
lar meetings  of  the  City  Council  are  held,  and  it  will  be  the 
duty  of  the  chairman  of  each  committee  of  the  City  Council 
to  apply  to  the  City  Clerk  at  such  times  for  all  claims  appro- 
priately referred  to  such  committee,  and  examine  into  the 
correctness  of  the  same  and  make  report  to  the  City  Council. 
No  claims  not  filed  with  the  City  Clerk  at  the  time  specified 
herein  shall  be  considered  at  the  regular  meeting  of  said 
Council  on  such  day  but  shall  be  laid  over  until  the  next 
regular  meeting,  unless  otherwise  ordered  by  the  City 
Council. 


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CHAPTER  X. 

CORPORATION   COUNSEL. 

SECTION— 

1.    Office  created. 

?,.    Appointment — term   of  office. 

3.  Oath— bond. 

4.  Duties  of  officer. 

5     To  deliver  to  successor  all  papers,  etc. 
e.     Compensation. 

Section  i.  There  is  hereby  created  the  office  of 
Corporation  Counsel. 

Sec.  2.  He  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor  with 
the  approval  of  the  City  Council  upon  this  ordinance  going 
into  effect,  and  thereafter  at  the  beginning  of  the  municipal 
year,  or  upon  the  occurrence  of  a  vacancy  in  such  office,  and 
he  shall  hold  his  office  for  such  municipal  year,  or  remainder 
thereof,  or  until  his  successor  is  appointed  and  qualified. 

Sec.  3.  The  Corporation  Counsel,  before  entering  upon 
the  duties  of  his  said  office,  shall  take  and  subscribe  the  fol- 
lowing oath  or  affirmation: 

"I  do  solemny  swear  (or  affirm  as  the  case  may  be)  that  I  will  support 
the  constitutiOQ  of  the  United  States  and  the  constitution  of  the  State  of 
Illinois,  and  that  I  will  faithfully  discharge  the  duties  of  the  office  of 
Corporation  Counsel  according  to  the  best  of  ray  ability." 

And  shall  execute  a  bond  with  security  to  be  approved 
by  the  City  Council,  payable  to  said  city,  in  the  penal  sum  of 
two  thousand  dollars,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance 
of  the  duties  of  his  said  office. 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Corporation  Counsel 
to  furnish  his  written  opinion  upon  any  legal  question  sub- 
mitted to  him  for  such  opinion  by  the  City  Council,  and  to 
regularly  attend  all  meetings  of  said  City  Council ;  to  draft  all 
ordinances,  bonds,  contracts,  leases,  conveyances  and  other 
instruments  of  writing,  as  may  be  required  by  the  business 
of  the  City ;  he  shall  prosecute  all  proceedings  brought  in  the 
proper  courts  for  the  levy  and  assessment  of  special  taxes  or 
assessments  for  any  local  improvements  or  the  opening  and 
laying  out  of  any  street  or  alley  in  said  city;  he  shall  assist 
the  City  Attorney,  when  directed  so  to  do  by  the  City  Coun- 
cil or  Mayor,  in  instituting  or  defending  any  suit  which  may 


40  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA. 

be  brought  in  any  court  by  or  against  the  city,  or  which  may 
be  brought  by  or  against  any  of  its  officers  on  account  of  any 
of  their  official  acts;  he  shall  also  make  any  reports  concern- 
ing any  suits  to  which  the  City  may  be  a  party,  whenever 
diiected  so  to  do  by  the  City  Council. 

Sec.  5.  Upon  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office,  or  his 
resignation  thereof,  or  removal  therefrom,  the  Corporation 
Counsel  shall  forthwith,  on  demand,  deliver  to  his  successor  in 
office  all  deeds,  leases,  contracts  and  other  papers  in  his 
hands  belonging  to  the  Corporation,  or  delivered  to  him  by 
the  Corporation  or  any  of  its  officers,  and  all  papers  in  actions 
prosecuted  or  defended  by  him,  then  pending  undertermined, 
tu'gether  with  his  register  thereof,  and  of  the  proceedings 
thereon. 

Sec.  6.  The  Corporation  Counsel  shall  receive  an  an- 
nual salary  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  payable  quarter- 
ly; said  compensation  to  be  in  full  for  all  service  rendered  by 
him,  including  services  rendered  in  County,  Circuit  or  Appel- 
late Courts. 


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,  CHAPTER  XL 

CITY   COLLECTOR. 

SECTION— 

1.     Office  of  city  collector  created— aDDointment. 
2      Bond  of  city  collector. 

3.  Duty  of  city  collector. 

4.  Pay  over  to  city  treasurer  all  moneys,  etc. 
'.     To  keep  books  of  account. 

6      Compensation  of  collector. 

Section  i.  Tliere  is  hereby  created  the  office  of  City 
Co!lector  of  special  taxes  and  special  assessments.  The  term 
o^'  said  officer  shall  be  one  year  and  until  his  successor  shall 
be  appointed  and  qualified.  The  said  Collector  of  special  taxes 
and  special  assessments  shall  be  appointed  annually  by  the 
Mayor  bv  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  City 
Council. 

Sec.  2.  Said  Collector  shall,  before  he  enters  upon  the 
duties  of  his  office,  take  and  subscribe  the  oath  prescribed  by 
law  for  City  Officers  and  shall  execute  a  bond  to  the  City  of 
Urbana  in  the  penal  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars  with  such 
securities  as  the  City  Council  shall  approve,  conditioned  for 
the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties  as  such  Collector  and 
the  payment  of  all  moneys  received  by  him  according  to  law 
and  the  ordinances  of  the  said  city. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Collector,  into 
whose  hands  any  warrant  for  the  collection  of  any  special 
assessments  or  special  tax  shall  come,  as  far  as  practicable  to 
call  upon  all  persons  resident  within  the  city,  whose  names 
i'ppear  on  the  assessment  roll  or  the  occupants  of  the  prop- 
erty assessed,  and  personally  or  by  written  or  printed  notice 
left  at  his  or  her  usual  place  of  abode,  inform  them  of  such 
assessment  or  tax,  and  request  payment  of  the  same,  and 
when  payments  of  special  assessments  are  made  to  him,  to 
promptly  pay  the  same  into  the  City  Treasury.  If  any  of 
said  special  assessments  or  special  taxes  shall  not  be  col- 
lected upon  the  warrants  issued  therefor,  then  the  Collector 
shall  make  return  of  the  warrant  or  warrants,  as  provided  by 
law. 

Sec.  4.     Said     Collector    shall    pay    over    to    the    City 


42  ORDINANCES   OF  THE   CITY   OF   URBANA. 

Treasurer  all  moneys  collected  by  him,  weekly,  or  oftener  if 
rrquired  by  the  City  Council,  taking  the  Treasurer's  receipt 
therefor,  which  receipt  he  shall  immediately  file  with  ihe 
City  Clerk,  who  shall  at  the  time  on  demand  give  the  Col- 
lector a  copy  of  any  such  receipt  so  filed.  He  shall  make  "re- 
port quartely  in  writing  to  the  City  Council,  showing  the 
amount  of  money  collected,  from  whom  received  and  on 
what  account  received;  said  Collector  shall  also  make  report 
of  any  other  matter  in  connection  with  his  office,  when  re- 
quired by  the  City  Council,  or  by  any  ordinance  of  said  city. 
He  shall  also  annually,  between  the  first  and  tenth  of  April, 
file  with  the  City  Clerk  a  statement  of  all  the  moneys  col- 
lected by  him  during  the  year,  the  particular  warrant,  special 
assessment  or  account  on  which  collected,  the  balance  of 
moneys  uncollected  on  all  warrants  in  his  hands  and  the  bal- 
ance remaining  uncollected  at  the  time  of  the  return  on  all 
warrants  which  he  shall  have  returned  during  the  preceding 
fiscal  year  to  the  City  Clerk, 

Sec.  5_.  Said  Collector  shall,  under  the  direction  and 
supervision  of  the  finance  committee,  keep  books  and  ac- 
counts which  shall  show  all  leceipts  and  moneys  collected  by 
him,  and  other  matters  pertaining  to  his  office,  such  books 
?nd  accounts  to  be  kept  in  a  clear  and  methodical  manner. 

Sec.  6.  The  City  Collector  shall  receive  for  his  services 
a  compensation  of  one  per  cent,  of  all  moneys  collected  by 
h.im  and  paid  into  the  City  Treasury. 


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CHAPTER  XII. 

CITY  CLERK. 

SECTION— 

1.  Duties  of  the  city  clerk. 

2.  City  clerk  to  issue  all  licenses,  etc. 

Section  i.  The  City  Clerk  shall  keep  the  corporate  seal 
of  said  city  and  all  papers  belonging  to  said  city.  He  shall 
attend  all  meetings  of  the  City  Council,  and  keep  a  full  and 
correct  record  of  its  proceedings  in  the  journal.  The  Clerk 
shall  also  record  in  a  book  to  be  kept  for  that  purpose  all 
ordinances  passed  by  the  City  Council,  and  at  the  foot  of  the 
record  of  each  ordinance  so  recorded  shall  make  a  memo- 
randum of  the  date  of  the  passage  and  of  the  publication  or 
posting  of  said  ordinance.  He  shall  also  keep  full  and  com- 
plete accounts  and  exhibits  of  all  financial  transactions  of  the 
city  to  be  entered  upon  such  books  as  are  provided  for  that 
purpose,  including  in  such  accounts  all  claims  against  the 
city  as  the  same  may  be  allowed  and  all  orders  for  the  pay- 
ment of  money  granted  and  on  what  account.  He  shall  pre- 
serve in  his  office  all  bills  on  which  any  money  niay  be  paid 
out  by  the  City,  which  shall  be  neatly  folded  and  endorsed 
with  the  name  of  the  payee  thereon,  and  when  and  how  the 
said  bill  was  disposed  of.  He  shall  perform  such  other 
duties  as  are  prescribed  by  the  ordinances  of  said  City  or  the 
laws  of  the  State  of  Illinois. 

Sec.  2.  The  City  Clerk  shall  issue  all  licenses  in  accord- 
ance with  the  ordinances  of  the  City  and  shall  keep  a  record 
in  a  suitable  book  of  each  license  granted,  to  whom  granted, 
for  what  purpose,  for  what  length  of  time  granted,  the  loca- 
tion of  the  place  of  business  for  which  the  license  was  ob- 
tained, and  the  amount  of  the  license  fee  paid.  He  shall 
monthly,  or  oftener  if  required  by  the  City  Council,  pay  over 
to  the  Treasurer  all  license  money  received  by  him  and  take 
tiie  Treasurer's  receipt  therefor.  He  shall  at  the  first  meet- 
in|;  of  the  City  Council  in  each  month  make  a  report  of  all 
license  money  collected,  from  whom  received  and  for  what 
purpose. 


44  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA. 


CHAPTER  XIII. 

CITY    TREASURER. 

SECTIOX— 

1.  Bond. 

2      Receive    and    disburse    moneys,  etc. 

2.  Prohibited  from  using  public  moneys  for  own  use,  etc. 
4.     Render  monthly  account  of  treasury  under  oath. 

I     Render  a  detailed  account  of  receipts  and  expenditures  annu- 
ally, etc. 
6.     "Warrants  drawn  on  treasurer  signed  by  mayor  and  clerk. 

Section  i.  The  City  Treasurer,  before  entering  upon 
the  duties  of  his  ofifice,  shall  execute  a  bond  with  good 
sureties,  to  be  approved  by  the  City  Council,  in  a  sum  not 
less  than  the  estimated  tax  and  special  assessments  for  the 
current  year. 

Sec.  2.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Treasurer: 

First,  To  receive  all  moneys  belonging  to  the  City,  to 
uisburse  the  same  upon  warrants  signed  by  the  Mayor  and 
countersigned  by  the  City  Clerk  and  to  cancel  all  warrants 
as  soon  as  redeemed  by  him  by  writing  or  stamping  upon 
the  same  the  word  "paid." 

Second,  He  shall  keep  proper  books  in  such  manner 
tl  at  they  may  be  readily  understood  and  investigated,  which 
shall  contain  a  separate  account  of  each  fund  or  appropria- 
tion, and  debits  and  credits  thereto  belonging  and  a  general 
and  accurate  account  of  all  moneys  received  by  him,  from 
whom  received,  and  to  whom  disbursed,  and  on  what  account 
received  and  disbursed.  He  shall  keep  all  moneys  received 
from  any  special  assessment  in  a  separate  fund  to  be  applied  to 
the  payment  of  the  improvement  for  which  the  assessment 
was  made  and  shall  disburse  the  same  for  no  other  purpose, 
except  to  reimburse  the  City  for  money  expended  for  such  im- 
provement. 

Third,  He  shall  deliver  to  every  person  paying  money 
imo  the  City  Treasury  a  duplicate  receipt  therefor  specify- 
ing the  date  of  payment,  upon  what  account  paid,  and  he  shall 
also  file  copies  of  such  receipts  with  the  City  Clerk  at  the 
date  of  his  monthly  report. 

Sec.  3.  The  Treasurer  is  hereby  expressly  prohibited 
from  using  either  directly  or  indiiectly  the  public  moneys  or 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA.  45 

uirrants  in  his  custody  or  keeping  for  his  own  use  or  benefit 
or  that  of  any  other  person  or  persons  whomsoever;  and  for 
any  violation  of  this  provision  he  shall  be  liable  on  his  bond 
fo)  the  amount  of  money  thus  misapplied,  and  be  subject  to 
removal  from  office  by  the  City  Council. 

Sec.  4.  lie  shall  on  the  first  Monday  of  each  month, 
and  oftener  if  required,  render  an  account  to  the  City  Coun- 
cil, under  oath,  showing  the  state  of  the  Treasury  at  the  date 
of  such  account,  and  the  balance  of  the  money  in  the 
Treasury,  with  a  statement,  showing  all  moneys  received  into 
the  Treasury  and  on  what  account,  and  what  warrants  have 
been  redeemed  by  him,  and  at  the  same  time  he  shall  file  with 
the  Clerk  with  his  said  account  all  vouchers  held  by  him, 
and  warrants  by  him  redeemed  or  paid  and  stamped  or 
irarked  "paid"  upon  every  day  of  such  settlement.  He  shall 
Keep  a  register  of  all  warrants  redeemed  and  paid,  which 
shall  describe  such  warrants  and  show  the  date,  amount, 
number,  the  fund  from  which  paid,  the  name  of  the  person  to 
whom  and  when  paid. 

Sec.  5.  The  Treasurer  shall,  annually,  between  the  first 
and  tenth  of  April  make  out  and  file  with  the  Clerk  a  full  and 
detailed  account  of  all  such  receipts  and  expenditures,  and 
of  all  his  transactions,  as  such  Treasurer,  during  the  pre- 
ceding fiscal  year,  and  shall  show  in  such  account  the  state 
or  the  treasury  at  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year,  which  account 
the  City  Clerk  shall  immediately  cause  to  be  published  in  a 
newspaper  printed  in  said  city. 

Sec.  6.  All  warrants  drawn  upon  the  Treasurer  must 
be  signed  by  the  Mayor  and  countersigned  by  the  Clerk, 
Slating  the  particular  fund  or  appropriation  to  which  the 
same  is  chargeable,  and  the  person  to  whom  payable;  and 
no  money  shall  be  otherwise  paid  than  upon  such  warrants 
so  drawn,  except  as  provided  by  law. 


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CHAPTER  XIV. 

CITY    WEIGHERS. 

SECTION— 

1  License. 

?.  Known  as  city  weighers — fee. 

?.  Bond. 

■i.  Scale — adjustment  of. 

5.  Deputy  weighers. 

6  Attending  scales  during  business  hours. 

7.  Fee — register  and  certificate  of  weights. 

S.  Record. 

0.  Weight  of  vehicle. 

10.  Alteration,  etc.,  of  certificate — penalty. 

11.  Inspection  of  books. 

Section  i.  No  person  or  persons  shall  use  or  keep  any 
scale  in  any  public  place,  street  or  alley  within  the  City  of 
Urbana,  for  weighing  any  art'cle,  substance  or  thing  for  the 
public,  without  having  first  obtained  a  license  therefor.  Any 
person  or  persons  violating  the  provisions  of  this  section 
shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every  ofTense. 

Sec.  2.  Every  person  obtaining  a  license  for  the  pur- 
poses as  specified  in  Section  one  of  this  chapter,  shall  be 
known  as  City  Weighers.  Every  person  desiring  a  license 
as  city  weigher,  shall  pay  for  the  same,  to  the  City  Clerk,  the 
sum  of  five  dollars  per  annum  upon  each  of  his  scales  used 
b}    him  in  such  weighing. 

Sec.  3.  Every  city  weigher  shall,  for  the  faithful  per- 
frrmance  of  his  duties,  execute  a  bond  to  the  City  of  Urbana 
in  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars,  with  sureties  to  be  ap- 
proved by  the  Mayor,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  perform- 
ance of  his  duties. 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  city  weighers  so  li- 
ce nsed,  to  have  their  scales  adjusted  and  sealed  by  the  sealer 
of  weights  and  measures  at  least  once  in  every  six  months, 
and  oftener  if  required.  It  shall  further  be  their  duty  to  weigh 
any  coal,  hay  or  any  other  article,  when  so  requested,  by  the 
person  or  persons  bringing  the  same.  An  city  weigher  vio- 
lating the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  pen- 
alty of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars  for  each  offense. 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA.  47 

Sec.  5.  All  city  weighers  shall  have  power  to  employ  all 
necessary  deputies  to  attend  said  scales,  and  the  official  bond 
of  said  weigher  shall  be  holden  and  answerable  for  the  acts  of 
said  deputies. 

Sec.  6.  Said  weigher  shall,  either  in  person  or  by  such 
deputy,  be  present  at  their  individual  scales  during  all  rea- 
sonable hours  each  day,  Sundays  and  public  holidays  ex- 
cepted. 

Sec.  7.  The  said  weighers  shall  be  allowed  to  charge 
and  receive  ten  cents  for  every  load  or  part  of  a  load,  or  other 
articles  of  any  kind  or  nature  whatsoever  weighed  by  them, 
except  coal,  and  five  cents  for  every  load  of  coal,  and  they 
shall  keep  an  account  of  the  weight  of  every  load  by  them 
weighed,  and  shall  furnish  to  the  person  having  such  loa^ 
v.'cighed,  a  certificate,  written  with  ink,  for  each  load,  which 
certificate  shall  contain  the  gross  and  net  weight  of  each  load 
weighed  by  him.  Any  such  weigher  who  shall  charge  a 
higher  rate  or  price  for  weighing  any  load,  part  of  a  load  or 
other  article  of  any  kirid  whatsoever,  than  that  prescribed 
in  this  section,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
three  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  and  every 
ofiiense. 

Sec.  8.  The  said  city  weighers  shall,  severally,  provide 
themselves  with,  and  each  shall  keep  a  book  in  which  he  shall 
enter  the  amount  of  each  load,  and  the  name  of  each  person 
foi  whom,  and  the  date  when  the  same  was  weighed,  and 
when  the  vehicle  and  load  shall  be  weighed,  together  with  the 
city  weigher's  certificate,  shall  state  the  gross  weight  thereof, 
and  upon  the  sale  or  delivery  of  such  load,  the  vehicle  shall 
again  be  weighed,  without  charge,  by  the  city  weigher  who 
v.tighed  the  original  load  and  thus  the  net  weight  of  the  load 
ascertained.  Any  city  weigher  violating  the  provisions  of 
this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  oflfense. 

Sec.  9.  In  no  case  shall  any  city  weigher  state  in  his 
said  certificate  the  weight  of  any  vehicle  which  may  have 
been  weighed  with  any  load  until  such  city  weigher  shall 
have  ascertained  the  weight  of  such  article  by  personally 
weighing  the  same  on  his  said  scales.    Any  city  weigher  vio- 


48  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA. 

lating  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  pen- 
alty of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars  for  each  ofifense. 

Sec.  lo.  No  person  shall  alter  any  certificate  of  any  city 
weigher,  or  use  or  attempt  to  use  the  same  for  any  other  load 
or  parcel  than  the  one  for  which  the  same  was  given;  nor 
after  the  weighing,  and  before  the  sale  and  delivery  of  any 
load  or  parcel  diminish  the  quantity  thereof;  any  person  vio- 
lating the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  pen- 
alty of  not  less  than  twenty  dollars  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  II.  Any  police  officer  and  all  persons  interested 
shall  be  permitted,  by  themselves  or  their  agents,  to  examine 
at  their  pleasure  the  books  required  as  aforesaid,  to  be  kept 
bv  the  city  weighers. 


CHAPTER  XV. 

CURFEW. 

SECTION— 

1.  Minors  not  permitted  on  street  after  certain  hours. 

2.  Penalty. 

Section  i.  No  minor  person  under  the  age  of  sixteen 
years  shall  be  found  loafing  or  loitering  in  or  upon  any  pub- 
he  street  or  alley  of  the  City  unaccompanied  by  a  parent  or 
lawful  guardian,  after  the  hour  of  eight  o'clock  p.  m.  from 
November  first  to  May  first,  or  after  nine  o'clock  p.  m.  from 
May  first  to  November  first  of  each  year  hereafter. 

Sec.  2.  Any  minor  person  or  pers^ons  violating  the  pro- 
vi.'^ions  of  the  preceding  section  of  this  chapter  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  one  dollar  nor  more  than 
twenty-five  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense. 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA.  49 


CHAPTER  XVI. 

DILAPIDATED    BUILDINGS. 

SECTION— 

1.  Dilapidated  or  unsafe  buildings  a  nuisance. 

2.  Report  of  existence  of  such  building  referred  to  committee,  etc. 

3.  Mayor  to  furnish  city  marshal  with   notice — what   notice   shall 

contain. 

4.  Service  of  notice,  etc. — penalty. 

Section  i.  Any  building  or  part  of  building  which  may 
te  so  situated  in  said  city  or  in  such  condition  as  to  be  in 
di.nger  of  becoming  on  fire  or  setting  on  fire  any  contiguous 
building,  by  reason  of  being  dilapidated,  out  of  repair  or  un- 
tenantable, or  by  reason  of  any  iire-place,  grate,  stovepipe, 
furnace  or  chimney,  or  any  other  structure  or  apparatus 
therein  used  or  intended  to  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  hold- 
ing, conducting  or  securing  any  fire,  or  being  insufftcient  or 
being  improperly  or  insul^ciently  secured,  and  any  such 
building  or  part  of  building  which  shall  become  and  remain 
so  dilapidated  by  fire,  decay  or  otherwise  as  by  reason  there- 
of to  be  in  danger  of  falling,  or  otherwise  in  such  condition 
as  to  endanger  the  safety  or  lives  of  persons  passing  under  or 
near  the  same,  or  residing  adjacent  thereto,  or  to  endanger 
any  property  contiguous  thereto,  is  hereby  declared  a  nui- 
sance. 

Sec.  2.  Whenever  any  such  building  or  part  of  building 
shall  be  reported  to  the  City  Council,  the  matter  shall  be  re- 
f^^rred  to  some  committee  of  the  City  Council,  who  shall  ex- 
amine such  building  or  part  of  building,  and  report  the  con- 
dition thereof;  and  if  the  City  Council  shall  be  satisfied  that 
such  building  is  so  situated  or  in  such  condition  as  to  be  in 
danger  of  becoming  on  fire  or  setting  fire  to  any  contiguous 
building,  by  reason  of  any  of  the  causes  mentioned  in  the  last 
preceding  section  of  this  chapter,  or  that  such  building  or 
part  of  building  is  so  dilapidated  by  fire,  decay  or  otherwise 
as  by  reason  thereof  to  be  in  danger  of  falling,  or  otherwise 
in  such  condition,  as  to  endanger  the  safety  or  lives  of  per- 
sons passing  under  or  near  the  same,  or  residing  adjacent 
thereto,  or  to  endanger  any  property  contiguous  thereto, 
thty  may  by  the  passage  of  an  ordinance  or  resolution  de- 


50  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA. 

clare  such  building  or  portion  thereof  to  be  a  nuisance,  stat- 
ing the  causes  thereof,  and  require  the  owner  or  occupant  of 
such  building  or  part  of  building,  or  other  person  liable 
tiierefor,  to  remove  such  building  or  part  thereof  as  the  case 
may  be  without  the  city  limits,  or  demolish  or  tear  down  such 
building  or  part  thereof,  or  to  make  good  and  properly  se- 
cure any  such  fire-place,  grate,  stove,  stove-pipe,  funnel  or 
cliimney,  or  other  structure  or  apparatus  in  such  building  or 
part  of  building,  used  or  intended  to  be  used  for  the  purpose 
of  holding,  conducting,  or  securing  any  fire,  or  require  him, 
her  or  them  otherwise  to  abate  such  nuisance  within  such 
Vme  as  they  may  deem  necessary. 

Sec.  3.  The  Mayor  shall,  without  delay,  after  the  pas- 
sage of  such  ordinance  or  resolution  mentioned  in  the  last 
pieceding  section  of  this  chapter,  make  out,  sign,  and  deliver 
to  the  City  Marshal  a  notice  containing  a  copy  of  such  ordi- 
nance or  resolution,  directed  to  the  owner  of  such  building 
or  part  of  building,  requiring  him  to  remove  the  said  build- 
ing or  part  thereof  as  the  case  may  be  without  the  city  limits, 
or  to  demolish  and  tear  down  such  building  or  part  thereof, 
or  to  make  good  and  properly  secure  any  such  fire-place, 
grate,  stove,  stove-pipe,  funnel  or  chimney,  or  other  struc- 
ture or  apparatus  in  such  building  or  part  of  building,  used 
or  intended  to  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  holding,  conduct- 
ing or  securing  any  fire,  or  require  him  otherwise  to  abate 
such  nuisance,  in  compliance  with  said  notice.  The  Marshal 
siiall,  without  delay,  serve  such  notice  upon  the  owner  of 
such  building  or  part  of  building,  or  his  agent,  and  the  per- 
son in  actual  possession  thereof,  if  any,  retaining  a  copy 
tnereof;  but  if  the  owner  is  a  non-resident  of  the  city  and  has 
no  known  agent  residing  in  this  city,  the  Mayor  shall  send 
or  cause  to  be  sent  the  notice  by  mail,  by  registered  letter, 
diiected  to  him  at  the  postoffice  at  which  he  usually  receives 
his  letters,  if  known,  retaining  a  copy  thereof.  If  no  owner 
or  his  agent  can  be  found  in  the  city,  and  the  owner's  place 
of  residence  is  unknown,  or  if  the  owner  is  unknown,  the 
Mayor  shall  cause  the  notice  to  be  published  at  least  twice 
in  some  newspaper  printed  and  published  in  the  city,  which 
shall  be  deemed  a  suiificient  notice  to  all  persons  concerned- 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA.  51 

If  any  such  building  or  part  of  building  shall  not  be  removed, 
dc^molished  or  torn  down,  or  such  fire-place,  stove,  grate, 
stove-pipe,  funnel  or  chimney,  or  other  structure  or  ap- 
paratus therein,  used  or  intended  to  be  used  as  aforesaid  shall 
iict  be  made  good  and  properly  secured,  or  said  nuisance  is 
not  otherwise  abated  in  compliance  with  such  notice  at  the 
expiration  of  the  time  therein  named,  the  Mayor  shall  order 
the  City  Marshal  or  other  police  ofificer  to  remove,  demolish 
or  tear  down  such  building  or  part  of  building,  or  so  much 
tnereof  as  may  be  necessary,  or  other  structure  or  ap- 
parat'.is  mentioned  in  said  ordinance  or  resolution,  or  in 
some  other  manner  to  remedy  such  danger  and  abate  such 
nuisance. 

Sec.  4.  Any  owner  of  any  such  building,  who  shall, 
when  notified  as  provided  in  Section  3  of  this  chapter  so  to 
dc.  neglect  or  refuse  to  remove,  demolish  or  tear  down  the 
same,  or  any  such  owner  or  any  occupant  thereof  who  shall 
neglect  or  refuse  to  make  good  or  perfectly  secure  any  fire- 
place, grate,  stove,  stove-pipe,  funnel  or  chimney,  or  other 
structure  or  apparatus  therein,  used  or  intended  to  be  used 
for  the  purpose  of  holding,  conducting  or  securing  any  fire, 
or  otherwise  to  abate  such  nuisance  in  compliance  with  such 
notice,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  fifty  dol- 
lars nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every 
day  he  shall  fail  to  comply  with  said  notice  after  the  expira- 
tion of  the  time  therein  mentioned. 


52  ORDINANCES   OF   THE    CITY   OF   URBANA. 

CHAPTER  XVII. 

DOGS. 
SECTION— 

1.  Tax  imposed — register  kept. 

2.  Metal  badges  provided. 

3.  Badge  to  be  put  on  dogs. 

4.  Dogs  without  badges  to  be  liilled. 

5.  Owner  of  unlicensed  dog  to  be  fined. 

6.  Marshal  to  procure  list  of  owners. 

7.  Term  "dog"  defined. 

8.  Danger  of  hydrophobia — proclamation  of  mayor. 

9.  Dogs  a  nuisance — when. 

10.  Bitch  at  large  in  heat. 

11.  Dangerous  dogs. 

Section  i.  Every  person  owning,  keeping  or  harboring 
any  dog  within  the  City  of  Urbana,  shall  forthwith,  after  the 
publication  of  this  ordinance,  or  upon  acquiring  such  dog, 
if  not  now  owned,  register  the  same  with  the  City  Clerk,  who 
shall  keep  a  book  for  that  purpose,  and  it  sTiall  be  the  further 
duty  of  such  person  to  pay  to  said  City  Clerk  annually,  dur- 
ing the  month  of  January,  in  each  year,  or  upon  the  ac- 
quiring of  any  unlicensed  dog,  thereafter,  a  tax  of  one  dol- 
lar for  each  male  dog  as  well  as  all  spayed  female  dogs  and 
two  dollars  for  each  female  dog  not  spayed,  so  owned,  kept 
or  harbored  by  such  person. 

Sec.  *2.  The  City  Clerk  shall  provide  each  and  every 
year,  such  number  of  metal  badges  as  may  be  necessary,  of 
such  size  and  shape  as  he  shall  deem  expedient,  having 
stamped  thereon  the  words  "Dog  License,"  and  the  numbers 
indicating  the  year  for  which  the  tax  is  paid,  and  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  City  Clerk  to  deliver  one  of  such  metal  badges 
to  the  person  so  paying  a  tax  upon  any  such  dog  at  the  time 
ol  such  payment. 

Sec.  3.  Every  person  keeping  or  harboring  any  dog  so 
licensed,  shall  keep  and  maintain  a  collar  around  the  neck 
of  each  dog  with  the  metal  badge,  aforesaid,  securely  fas- 
tened thereto,  and  every  dog  found  in  the  city  without  such 
badge  shall  be  deemed  an  unlicensed  dog,  and  shall  be  dis- 
posed of  by  the  City  Marshal,  or  other  police  officer  of  the 
city,  as  hereinafter  provided. 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA.  53 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Marshal  to  make 
inquiry  for  and  cause  to  be  prosecuted  every  owner  or  pos- 
sessor of  any  dog  who  has  not  paid  the  tax  upon  any  such 
clog,  as  herein  required,  and  all  dogs  found  lunning  at  large 
ir.  the  city,  for  the  space  of  forty-eight  hours  and  wearing  no 
badge,  and  for  which  no  owner  can  be  found,  upon  reason- 
able inquiry,  shall  be  killed  by  the  City  Marshal  or  other 
police  officer,  and  removed  from  the  city. 

Sec.  5.  Every  owner,  possessor  or  person  who  harbors 
or  keeps  any  dog  within  the  city,  who  neglects  or  refuses  to 
comply  with  any  of  the  provisions  or  requirements  of  Sec- 
tions one  and  three  of  this  chapter  shall  be  subject  to  a  pen- 
alty of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars  for  each  offense,  and  if  any  such  person  persists  in 
refusing  to  pay  such  tax  aforesaid,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
City  Marshal  to  kill  any  such  dog  so  owned  or  possessed, 
wherever  found,  upon  which  the  tax  is  so  refused  to  be  paid. 

Sec.  6.  The  Marshal  shall  from  time  to  time  examine 
the  township  assessor's  books  and  make  a  copy  or  memoran- 
dum therefrom  of  all  dogs  kept  in  the  city  and  not  on  the  city 
register,  and  use  such  other  means  as  will  enable  him  to  pro-, 
cure  a  list  of  all  owners  or  keepers  of  dogs  m  the  city  upon 
which  a  tax  is  hereby  required  to  be  paid. 

Sec.  7.  The  word  "dog,"  wherever  used  in  this  ordi- 
nance, shall  be  deemed  to  include  every  animal  of  the  dog 
kind,  female  as  well  as  male. 

Sec.  8.  Whenever  the  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Urbana 
sliall  deem  it  advisable,  for  the  prevention  of  hydrophobia,  he 
may  issue  his  proclamation  requiring  all  the  dogs  within  the 
city  to  be  safely  confined,  or  to  be  securely  muzzled  with  a 
good  and  sufficient  muzzle,  for  such  time  as  may  be  desig- 
Uo'ted,  or  until  otherwise  ordered,  and  during  such  time  it 
shall  be  unlawful  for  any  dog  to  go  or  be  at  large  un- 
muzzled. 

Sec.  9.  All  dogs  running  at  large  within  the  city,  con- 
trary to  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  sections  of  this  chap- 
ter, are  declared  a  nuisance,  and  shall  be  killed  by  the  City 
Marshal  or  any  policeman  of  said  city.  And  the  owner  or 
kteper  of  any  such  dog,  who  shall  knowingly    permit    the 


54  ORDINANCES   OF  THE   CITY  OF   URBANA. 

same  to  run  at  laige,  contrary  to  the  provisions  of  the  pre- 
ceding section,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
tl'.ree  dollars,  and  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  lo.  Any  bitch  running  at  large  while  in  heat  is 
hereby  declared  a  nuisance,  and  shall  be  killed  by  the  City 
Marshal  or  any  policeman  of  said  city.  And  the  owner  or 
keeper  of  any  such  bitch,  who  permits  the  same  to  run  at 
large  when  in  heat,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  II.  Any  owner  or  keeper  of  a  fierce  or  dangerous 
dog  or  bitch,  who  shall  knowingly  permit  the  same  to  run 
at  large,  to  the  danger,  annoyance  or  damage  of  any  person 
within  the  city,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of* keeping  and  main- 
taining a  nuisance,  and  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not 
less  than  three  dollars  and  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dol- 
lars; and  upon  such  conviction  the  City  Marshal  or  any 
policeman  shall  destroy,  or  cause  such  dog  or  bitch  to  be 
destroyed. 


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CHAPTER  XVIII. 

druggists'  permit. 

SECTION— 

1.  May  sell  intoxicating  liquors. 

2.  Restriction  placed  on  the  right  to  sell. 

3.  Not  to  include  the  sale  of  beer,  except,  etc. 

4.  Not  to  be  drunk  on  premises. 

5.  Permit  to  be  granted— length  of  permit. 

6.  Permit  may  be  revoked. 

7.  Penalty. 

Section  1.  Subject  to  the  reg"ulations  and  restrictions 
hereinafter  contained,  persons  eng-ag-ed  in  the  business  of 
vending-  drugs,  commonly  called  druggists,  may  sell  intox- 
icating liquors  in  less  quantity  than  one  g-allon  for  medi- 
cinal, sacramental,  mechanical  and  chemical  purposes  only. 
Sec.  2.  Such  permission  shall  only  extend  to  and 
authorize  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  for  the  purposes 
aforesaid,  when  the  same  shall  be  sold  upon  the  prescrip- 
tion of  a  practicing  physician;  or  when  the  said  liquor 
shall  be  a  necessary  ingredient  in  the  preparation  of  a  pre- 
scription prepared  by  said  druggist,  or  when  the  same  shall 
be  sold  for  other  medicinal,  or  any  mechanical,  chemical  or 
sacramental  purpose:  Provided,  however,  that  said  druggist 
so  selling  such  intoxicating  liquors  for  any  of  the  aforesaid 
purposes,  shall  be  held  to  exercise  g-ood  faith,  to  ascertain 
and  know  that  such  liquors  so  sold  for  any  such  purpose 
was  in  good  faith  purchased  for  that  purpose  and  no  other. 
Sec.  3.  Such  permission  shall  not  be  held  to  include 
the  sale  of  malt  or  fermented  liquors,  commonly  called  beer 
and  ale,  whether  sold  by  the  bottle  or  otherwise,  except 
such  sale  be  made  upon  the  written  prescription  of  a  prac- 
ticing physician  furnished  said  drug-g-ist  at  the  time  of  said 
sale. 

Sec.  4.     It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  druggist,  either 
by  himself,  servant,  clerk  or  agent,  to  sell  any  intoxicating 
liquor  in  any  quantity,    or    for    any   purpose    whatsoever, 
which  shall  be  drunk  upon  the  premises  where  sold;  and  no 
'A   permit  granted  under  this  chapter  shall  extend  to,  or  pro- 
Id   tect  any  such  sale. 


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Sec.  5.  The  permission  to  sell  intoxicating-  liquors 
herein  provided  for  shall  be  evidenced  by  a  written  or 
printed  permit,  g-ranted  by  the  City  Council,  sig-ned  by  the 
Mayor  and  attested  by  the  City  Clerk  under  the  corporate 
seal  of  the  city.  The  granting  of  such  permit  shall  be 
duly  entered  upon  the  records  of  the  city  kept  by  said  Clerk, 
and  such  record  shall  be  a  protection  to  such  druggist  in 
the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  allowed  by  this  ordinance 
so  long  as  such  permit  holds  good  and  said  druggist  com- 
plies with  the  terms  of  this  chapter.  No  permit  shall  issue 
for  a  longer  term  than  the  municipal  year  in  which  the 
same  was  granted. 

Sec.  6.  The  Mayor  shall  have  power,  and  it  is  hereby 
made  his  duty  to  revoke  any  permit  granted  by  him  for  any 
palpable  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  by  any 
such  druggist. 

Sec.  7.  Any  druggist  who  shall  violate  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  chapter  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars 
for  each  ofifense,  and  shall  forfeit  all  rights  he  may  have 
under  and  by  virtue  of  such  permit. 


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CHAPTER  XIX. 

FIRE    LIMITS. 

SECTION- 

1.  Boiindarios  of  fire  limits. 

2.  Permits  for  wooden  buildings  within  lire  limits. 

3.  Council  may  grrant  permit  by  two-thirds  vote  at  regular,  ad,journed 
or  special  meeting. 

4.  No  wooden  building  enlarged  or  removed,  etc. 

5.  Penalty  for  building,  enlarging,  f  tc  ,  wooden  buildings  in  lire  limits. 

6.  Wooden  buildings  declared  a  nuisance— abatement. 

7.  Damaged  buildings  to  be  removed. 

8.  Procedure  for  condemnation  of  building. 

9.  Removal  of  damaged  buildings— penalty. 

10.  Fire  Wardens— duties  of,  etc. 

11.  Stovepipes— chimneys — hearths. 

12.  Carrying  fire,  etc. 

13.  Deposit  of  ashes. 

14.  Stacking  hay,  straw,  etc.— penalty. 

1.5,  Burning  shavings,  straw,  hay— boiling  pitch,  tar,  etc.— penalty. 

IG.  Burning  out  chimneys. 

17.  Fire  Wardens  to  see  that  ordinance  is  enforced. 

18.  Application  of  chapter  from  section  10  to  18. 

Section  1.  All  that  part  of  the  said  city  embraced 
within  the  following^  described  boundaries  is  hereby  fixed 
and  established  as  the  fire  limits  of  said  city,  viz:  Begfin- 
ning-  at  the  south  end  of  the  west  pier  of  the  iron  bridge 
over  the  creek  known  as  Bone  Yard  branch,  on  Main  street, 
in  the  City  of  Urbana,  and  running-  thence  in  a  southerly 
direction  to  the  center  of  Broad  street;  thence  south,  on  a 
line  with  the  center  of  Broad  street  to  the  center  line  of 
Cherry  alley;  thence  east,  on  a  line  with  the  center  of 
Cherry  alley  to  the  center  of  Market  street;  thence  north, 
on  a  line  with  the  center  of  Market  street  to  the  center  of 
Elm  street;  thence  east,  on  a  line  with  the  center  of  Elm 
street  to  the  center  of  Grape  alley;  thence  north,  in  a  line 
with  the  center  of  Grape  alley  to  the  center  of  Goose  alley: 
thence  west,  in  a  line  -^ith  the  center  of  Goose  alley  to  the 
center  of  Walnut  street;  thence  north,  in  a  line  with  the 
center  of  Walnut  street  to  the  south  line  of  the  right-of- 
way  of  the  Wabash  Railroad  Company;  thence  in  a  westerly 
direction,  in  a  line  with  the  south  line  of  the  right-of-way 
of  the  Wabash  Railroad  Company  to  the  creek  known  as 


58  ORDINANCES    OP   THE    CITY   OP   URBANA. 

the  Bone  Yard  Branch;  thence  following-  said  creek  known 
as  Bone  Yard  Branch  in  a  southerly  direction  to  the  place 
of  beginning-.  A.11  of  which  territory  shall  hereafter  be 
known  and  desig-nated  as  the  fire  limits  of  the  City  of 
Urbana. 

Sec.  2.  That  within  said  fire  limits  no  wooden  build- 
ing-s  shall  be  erected  or  placed  or  repaired,  except  as  in  this 
ordinance  provided,  and  that  the  exterior  walls  of  all  build- 
ing-s,  barns,  stables,  sheds,  houses  or  structures  (except 
privies,  coal-houses  or  wood-sheds  for  private  use)  hereaf- 
ter built  or  erected  within  the  aforesaid  fire  limits,  shall  be 
constructed  of  brick,  stone,  iron,  g-lass,  concrete  or  g-ranite, 
or  a  combination  of  one  or  more  of  such  materials;  and  that 
the  use  of  wood,  plank  or  lumber,  or  wooden  material  cov- 
ered with  sheet  iron  or  tin,  in  the  construction  or  building- 
of  any  such  exterior  walls,  without  permission  first  having- 
been  obtained  from  the  City  Council,  is  hereby  expressly 
prohibited;  and  that  the  roofs  and  skylig-hts  of  all  such 
building-s,  houses  or  structures  (other  than  privies,  coal- 
houses  or  wood-sheds)  hereafter  built  or  erected  within  said 
fire  limits,  shall  be  covered  outwardly  with  iron,  g-lass, 
slate  or  some  other  non-combustible  substance;  and  that 
the  use  of  shing-les,  boards,  wooden  material,  or  any  other 
combustible  material  in  the  outer  covering-  of  such  roofs 
is  hereby  expressly  prohibited. 

Sec.  3.  The  City  Council  by  a  two-thirds  vote  at  any 
reg-ular,  adjourned,  or  special  meeting-  called  for  that  pur- 
pose, may,  upon  'application,  grant  permission  to  the  per- 
son or  persons  making-  such  application,  to  erect  a  wooden 
building-  if  deemed  expedient,  when  it  will  not  endang-er 
contig-uous  building-s.  Provided,  such  building-s  to  be  erect- 
ed are  of  a  g-ood  and  substantial  character. 

Sec.  4.  No  wooden  building-  or  part  of  building-  with- 
in the  fire  limits  shall  be  enlarg-ed  or  removed  to  any  other 
place  within  said  limits;  nor  shall  any  such  building-  be  re- 
moved from  without  into  the  fire  limits. 

Sec.  5.  Any  owner,  builder  or  other  person  who  shall 
own,  build  or  aid  in  the  erection  of  any  building-  or  structure 
or  any  addition  to  any  building-  or  structure  within  said  fire 


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limits  contrary  to  the  provisious  of  this  chapter,  or  shall 
remove  or  assist  in  removing  an}'  wooden  building-  within 
said  limits  from  one  place  to  another  therein,  or  shall 
remove  or  assist  in  removing  any  wooden  building  within 
said  limits  from  one  place  to  another  therein,  or  who  shall 
remove  or  assist  in  removing  any  such  building  from  with- 
out said  limits  into  the  same,  contrary  to  the  provisions  of 
this  chapter,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
ten  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  and 
every  offense.  And  the  owner  or  owners  of  said  buildings 
shall  be  subject  to  a  like  penalty  for  every  forty-eight  hours 
that  he,  she  or  they  shall  fail  to  remove  the  same,  after  be- 
ing notified  by  the  Mayor,  or  City  Marshal,  from  within 
the  said  fire  limits.  Provided,  That  any  building  in  part 
destro3'ed  by  fire,  or  on  account  of  a  conflagration,  is  not 
damaged  to  the  extent  of  fifty  per  cent,  of  the  total  value, 
the  same  may  be  repaired. 

Sec.  6.  Any  wooden  building  which  may  be  erected, 
placed  or  repaired  within  said  fire  limits,  contrary  to  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance,  is  hereby  declared  a  nuisance, 
and  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  Mayor  to  notify  in 
writing  the  owner,  occupant  or  builder  of  any  wooden 
building  erected,  placed  or  repaired  within  said  fire  limits, 
contrary  to  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  to  abate  such 
nuisance  within  forty-eight  hours  from  the  service  of  such 
notice,  and  in  case  such  owner,  occupant  or  builder  shall 
fail'  to  abate  such  nuisance  within  the  time  specified  in  such 
notice,  it  is  hereby  made  the  further  duty  of  said  Mayor  to 
cause  such  nuisance  to  be  abated  by  razing  such  wooden 
building  to  the  ground. 

Sec.  7.  When  any  wooden  building  within  said  fire 
limits  shall  have  been  damaged  by  fire,  decay  or  otherwise, 
to  the  extent  of  fifty  per  cent,  of  the  original  value  of  the 
same,  such  building  shall  be  torn  down  or  removed  beyond 
said  fire  limits,  after  the  extent  of  the  damages  thereto 
caused  as  aforesaid  has  been  ascertained  in  the  manner 
hereinafter  provided. 

Sec.  8.  Whenever  any  member  of  the  City  Council, 
policeman,  member  of  the  Fire  Department  or  other  person 


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shall  make  complaint  in  writing-  under  oath  to  the  Police 
Magistrate  that  any  wooden  building-  within  the  fire  limits 
of  the  city  has  been  damag-ed  by  fire,  decay  or  otherwise  to 
the  extent  of  fifty  per  cent,  of  its  orig-inal  value,  describing- 
the  premises  and  g-iving-  the  owner's  name  and  address,  such 
Mag-istrate  shall  issue  a  notice  to  such  owner,  embodying- 
the  substance  of  such  complaint,  and  deliver  the  same  to 
some  constable  or  policeman  of  the  city  to  be  served  by  him 
upon  such  owner,  commanding-  such  owner  to  appear  before 
such  Mag-istrate  at  a  time  therein  specified,  not  less  than 
five  days  nor  more  than  ten  days  from  date  of  such  notice, 
and  at  the  time  and  place  fixed  in  such  notice;  provided^ 
that  the  return  of  such  notice  shall  show  that  such  owner 
had  been  -served  with  said  notice  by  reading-  the  same  to 
him  or  by  leaving-  a  true  copy  of  the  same  at  the  place  of 
residence  of  such  owner  with  some  member  of  the  family 
over  the  ag-e  of  twelve  years,  three  days  before  the  time 
fixed  for  the  hearing-;  provided,  that  in  case  the  owner  of 
any  such  building-  is  a  non-resident  of  the  county  of  Cham- 
paig-n,  Illinois,  the  officer  having-  the  notice  shall  send  the 
same  to  such  owner  by  mail,  by  registered  letter,  directed  to 
him  at  the  postofiice  at  which  he  usually  received  his  letters, 
if  known,  and  also  deliver  a  copy  to  his  ag-ent,  if  known, 
retaining-  a  copy  thereof,  not  less  than  ten  days  prior  to 
such  hearing-.  If  no  owner  or  his  ag-ent  can  be  found  in  the 
county  aforesaid,  and  the  owner's  place  of  residence  is  un- 
known, or  if  the  owner  is  unknown,  then  such  officer  shall 
cause  such  notice  to  be  published  at  least  twice  in  some 
newspaper  published  in  the  city,  which  last  publication 
shall  be  not  less  than  ten  days  prior  to  such  hearing-,  which 
shall  be  deemed  a  sufficient  notice  to  all  persons  interested; 
and  at  the  time  fixed  for  said  trial,  the  Police  Mag-istrate 
shall  impanel  a  jurv  of  twelve  disinterested  freeholders  of 
the  county  of  Champaig-n  and  State  of  Illinois,  who  after 
being-  duly  sworn  fairly  and  impartially  to  ascertain  if  the 
building-  in  issue  shall  have  been  damag-ed  by  fire,  decay  or 
otherwise  to  the  extent  of  fifty  per  cent,  of  its  value,  hear 
the  evidence  and  view  the  building-  at  issue,  and,  hearing- 
the  arg-uments  of  counsel,  bring-  in  a  verdict  according-  to 


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the  facts  and  evidence  in  the  case;  and  in  case  the  jury  find 
a  verdict  that  such  building-  has  been  damaged  by  fire,  de- 
cay or  otherwise  to  the  extent  of  fifty  per  cent,  of  its  value, 
the  Police  Magistrate  shall  record  a  judgment  and  direct 
such  owner  to  remove  from  the  fire  limits  aforesaid,  or  tear 
down  such  building  within  thirty  days  from  the  entry  of 
such  judgment  and  order;  and  the  Police  Magistrate  shall 
make  out  a  certified  copy  of  such  judgment  and  order  and 
deliver  the  same  to  some  constable  or  policeman,  who  shall 
deliver  the  same  to  such  owner  of  said  building  immediate- 
ly; provided,  where  such  owner  is  a  non-resident  of  the 
county,  service  of  said  certified  copy  of  said  judgment  and 
order  shall  be  made  in  like  manner  as  is  hereinbefore  pro- 
vided for  service  of  said  notice  in  case  of  non-residence,  and 
that  in  default  of  such  owner  in  removing  such  building 
from  out  the  fire  limits,  or  tearing  down  the  same  within 
the  said  thirty  days,  that  the  City  Marshal  of  the  city  shall 
remove  said  building  from  the  fire  limits  aforesaid,  or  tear 
down  the  same,  the  cost  or  expenses  of  which  removal  or 
tearing  down  shall  be  charged  to  such  owner,  and  if  not 
paid  by  such  owner  the  same  shall  be  collected  by  suit  in 
the  name  of  said  city  against  such  owner.  At  the  impan- 
eling of  such  jury  the  said  owner  and  the  prosecutor  shall 
have  a  right  to  three  peremptory  challenges  each,  and  to 
challenge  any  juror  for  prejudice,  interest  or  any  other  just 
cause. 

Sec.  9.  Whenever  any  building  has  been  ordered  to  be 
torn  down  or  removed  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 
sections  7  and  8  of  this  chapter,  and  the  owner  thereof  re- 
fuses, neglects  or  fails  to  tear  down  or  remove  the  same 
within  thirty  days  from  the  date  of  the  entry  of  such  order 
upon  the  docket  of  the  Magistrate,  then  such  person  shall 
be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every  day,  or  part  of 
a  day,  that  such  owner  may  permit  or  suffer  such  building 
to  remain  after  the  expiration  of  the  time  within  which 
such  building  was  ordered  and  adjudged  to  be  torn  down  or 
removed. 

Sec.  10.     There  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Mavor,  with 


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the  approval  of  the  City  Council,  one  Alderman  from  each 
ward  as  Fire  Wardens,  whose  duties  it  shall  be  to  see  to 
the  enforcement  of  all  ordinances  for  the  prevention  and 
extinguishment  of  fires;  and  to  visit  all  buildings  within 
their  respective  wards  as  often  as  may  be  required  by  the 
City  Council,  and  report  all  violations  of  the  provisions  of 
this  chapter.  And  the  said  Fire  Wardens  shall  receive  such 
compensation  for  their  services  as  the  City  Council  may 
direct,  not  to  exceed  three  dollars  each  per  day,  for  such 
time  as  necessarily  employed. 

Sec.  11.  All  stovepipes  shall  be  securely  put  up,  so  as 
not  to  be  in  danger  of  falling,  and  shall  be  separated  at 
least  three  inches  from  any  wood  or  other  combustible 
materials  by  a  double  circle  of  tin,  zinc  or  sheet  iron,  con- 
nected with  like  metal,  with  airholes  through  the  connect- 
ing metal  between  the  pipe  and  the  wood  or  stone  cylinder. 
All  stoves  put  up  or  used  without  secure  aprons  or  hearths 
shall  be  placed  upon  a  platform  of  brick,  zinc  or  other  in- 
combustible material  extending  far  enough  around  the 
same  to  prevent  the  fire  from  falling  upon  the  floor,  and  if 
set  within  eighteen  inches  of  the  woodwork  of  any  wall 
the  same  shall  be  protected  with  zinc  or  other  incombust- 
ible covering,  so  as  effectually  to  prevent  fire  from  the 
stove.  All  chimneys  or  flues  shall  be  four  inches  thick, 
built  of  brick  or  stone,  well  laid  in  mortar  and  well  plas- 
tered inside,  and  shall  be  constantly  kept  in  good  condition, 
so  as  to  be  safe  and  secure  against  fire.  Whoever  shall  put 
up,  erect  or  build  any  stove,  stovepipe,  chimney  or  flue  con- 
trary to  the  requirements  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to 
a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  and  not  exceeding 
one  hundred  dollars;  and  whoever  shall  use  any  such  stove, 
stovepipe,  chimney  or  flue  so  put  up  or  erected  contrary  to 
the  requirements  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  pen- 
alty of  not  less  than  three  dollars  and  not  exceeding  one 
hundred  dollars,  and  not  less  than  one  dollar  nor  more  than 
ten  dollars  in  addition  thereto  for  each  day  the  same  may 
be  used  after  notice  shall  have  been  given,  either  verbally 
or  in  writing,  by  the  Mayor  or  any  Alderman,  or  the  City 
Marshal,  or  any  Policeman  of  said  city,  that  such  stove, 


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stovepipe,  chimney  or  flue  is  put  up,   built  or  erected  con- 
trary to  the  provisions  or  the  ordinances  of  said  city. 

Sec.  12.  Every  person  who  shall  carry  or  use  any 
lighted  candle,  lamp,  or  fire,  in  any  part  of  any  building, 
woodshed,  or  stable  where  any  hay,  straw,  shavings,  or 
other  like  combustible  materials  are  kept  or  allowed  to 
accumulate,  without  securing  the  same  in  a  lantern,  or 
other  secure  casing,  so  as  not  to  endanger  the  taking  of  fire 
thereby,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  and 
every  offense. 

Sec.  13.  No  person  shall  deposit  or  keep  any  ashes  in 
any  building  or  in  any  place  within  twenty  feet  of  any 
building,  shed,  fence,  or  other  combustible  materials,  unless 
within  a  secure  metallic  or  earthenware,  or  other  fireproof 
ash  vessel,  or  ash  house;  and  whoever  shall  violate  the  pro- 
visions of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not 
less  than  one  dollar  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  for  each  and 
every  offense. 

Sec.  14.  No  person  shall  stack  or  deposit  hay,  straw, 
or  other  like  combustible  materials  within  fift}'  feet  of  any 
dwelling  house  or  other  building  in  which  lire  may  be  kept, 
without  being  so  secured  and  enclosed  as  to  be  protected 
from  sparks  of  fire;  and  every  person  who  shall  violate  the 
provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  for 
each  and  every  ofifense;  and  also  not  less  than  two  nor  more 
than  ten  dollars  for  each  and  every  forty-eight  hours  the 
said  hay,  straw,  or  other  combustible  material  may  remain 
so  stacked  or  deposited,  after  notice  to  remove  the  same. 

Sec.  15.  No  person  shall  set  fire  to,  or  burn  any  shav- 
ings, hay,  straw,  or  other  combustible  materials,  or  boil 
any  pitch,  resin,  tar,  or  other  inflammable  liquid  or  sub- 
stance in  any  open  place  within  thirty  feet  of  any  building  or 
other  property  likely  to  be  endangered  or  damaged  thereby, 
or  use  any  fire  in  any  building  unless  in  a  secure  stove,  fur- 
nace, or  fire  place.  And  every  person  who  shall  violate  the 
provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of 


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not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars  for 
each  and  every  offense. 

Sec.  16.  No  person  shall  set  fire  to  or  burn  out  any 
chimney,  flue  or  stovepipe,  except  in  the  daytime,  nor  then 
when  wind  or  weather  may  be  such  as  to  endang-er  other 
buildingfs  or  property,  and  the  person  or  persons  occupying- 
any  building-  shall  prevent  and  remove  all  dang-erous  accu- 
mulations of  soot,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three 
dollars  and  not  exceeding-  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  17.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Aldermen  of  the 
different  wards  who  may  be  selected  as  Fire  Wardens  by 
the  City  Council  to  see  that  the  provisions  of  the  foreg-oing 
sections  are  complied  with  on  such  days  as  may  be  desig-- 
nated  by  resolution  or  order  of  the  City  Council,  to  examine 
all  building-s  and  premises  within  their  respective  wards  to 
ascertain  if  they  are  in  a  safe  condition,  and  if  the  require- 
ments of  this  chapter  have  been  complied  with;  and  for 
this  purpose  the  said  Aldermen,  or  Fire  Wardens,  shall 
have  power  and  authority  to  enter  into  and  upon  all  build- 
ings and  premises  in  the  said  city. 

Sec.  18.  All  of  the  sections  of  this  chapter  after  and 
including  section  ten  (10)  shall  apply  to  and  be  in  force  in 
all  parts  of  said  city,  both  within  and  without  the  fire 
limits. 


CHAPTER  XX. 

FISCAL  AND  MUNICIPAL  YEAR. 

SECTIONS— 

1.    Fiscal  year. 

3.     Municipal  year. 

Section  1.  The  fiscal  year  of  the  City  of  Urbana  shall 
commence  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  May  in  each  and  every 
year,  beginning  May  fifteenth,  A.  D.  1899. 

Sec.  2.  The  municipal  year  of  the  City  of  Urbana 
shall  commence  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  May  of  each  and 
every  year,  beginning  May  fifteenth,  A.  D.  1899. 


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CHAPTER  XXI. 

INSPECTOR    OF    WEIGHTS    AND    MEASURES. 

SECTION— 

1.  State  standard  adopted. 

2.  Appointment. 

3.  Oath  and  bond. 

4.  Standard  to  be  procured  by  clerk. 

5.  Yearly  inspections. 

6.  Special  inspections. 

7.  Condemnation  by  inspector. 

8.  To  keep  record. 

9.  Penalty  for  using  scale,  etc.,  not  inspected,  etc. 

10.  Access  to   building  for  inspection 

11.  Office — turn  books  over  to  successor. 

12.  Penalty  for  using  scales  not  according  to  the  standard. 

13.  Fees. 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  a  reg-ulation  of  weights  and 
measures  in  said  city,  and  the  standard  adopted  by  the 
State  of  Illinois  shall  be  the  test  by  which  they  shall  be 
compared  and  determined. 

Sec.  2.  There  shall  be  annually  appointed  by  the 
Mayor,  by  and  with  the  consent  and  advice  of  the  City 
Council,  at  the  time  of  appointing-  other  city  officers,  one 
inspector  of  weights  and  measures  in  and  for  the  City  of 
Urbana,  who  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  one  year, 
and  until  his  successor  shall  be  appointed  and  qualified. 

Sec.  3.  Said  inspector  shall,  before  entering-  upon  the 
duties  of  his  office,  take  the  oath  required  by  law  for  city 
officers,  and  shall  g-ive  bond  to  the  corporation  in  the  penal 
sum  of  one  thousand  dollars,  with  sureties  to  be  approved 
by  the  Mayor,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of 
the  duties  of  his  office. 

Sec.  4.  The  City  Clerk  shall  procure,  at  the  expense  of 
the  city,  correct  and  approved  standards  of  weig-hts  and 
measures,  comprising-  a  full  set  thereof,  of  the  standard 
adopted  by  the  statutes  of  the  State  of  Illinois;  and  he 
shall  cause  each  of  the  weig-hts,  measures,  scales  and 
beams  so  procured  to  be  tested  and  sealed  by  the  County 
Sealer,  and  the  same  shall  be  used  by  said  Inspector  of 
Weig-hts  and  Measures  for  testing-  the  weig-hts  and  meas- 
ures of  said  city. 

Sec.   5.     It   shall   be   the     duty   of    the   Inspector   of 


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not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars  for 
each  and  every  offense. 

Sec.  16.  No  person  shall  set  fire  to  or  burn  out  any 
chimney,  flue  or  stovepipe,  except  in  the  daytime,  nor  then 
when  wind  or  weather  may  be  such  as  to  endanger  other 
building-s  or  property,  and  the  person  or  persons  occupying- 
any  building-  shall  prevent  and  remove  all  dangerous  accu- 
mulations of  soot,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three 
dollars  and  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  17.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Aldermen  of  the 
different  w^ards  who  may  be  selected  as  Fire  Wardens  by 
the  City  Council  to  see  that  the  provisions  of  the  foregoing 
sections  are  complied  with  on  such  days  as  may  be  desig- 
nated by  resolution  or  order  of  the  City  Council,  to  examine 
all  buildings  and  premises  within  their  respective  wards  to 
ascertain  if  they  are  in  a  safe  condition,  and  if  the  require- 
ments of  this  chapter  have  been  complied  with;  and  for 
this  purpose  the  said  Aldermen,  or  Fire  Wardens,  shall 
have  power  and  authority  to  enter  into  and  upon  all  build- 
ing-s and  premises  in  the  said  city. 

Sec.  18.  All  of  the  sections  of  this  chapter  after  and 
including  section  ten  (10)  shall  apply  to  and  be  in  force  in 
all  parts  of  said  city,  both  within  and  without  the  fire 
limits. 


CHAPTER  XX. 

FISCAI,  AND  MUNICIPAL,  YEAR. 


SECTIONS— 

1.  Fiscal  year. 

2.  Municipal  year. 


Section  1.  The  fiscal  year  of  the  City  of  Urbana  shall 
commence  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  May  in  each  and  every 
year,  beginning  May  fifteenth,  A.  D.  1899. 

Sec.  2.  The  municipal  year  of  the  City  of  Urbana 
shall  commence  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  May  of  each  and 
every  year,  beginning  May  fifteenth,  A.  D.  1899. 


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CHAPTER  XXL 

INSPECTOR   OF   WEIGHTS   AND   MEASURES. 

SECTION— 

1.  State  standard  adopted. 

2.  Appointment. 

3.  Oath  and  bond. 

4.  Standard  to  be  procured  by  clerk. 

5.  Yearly  inspections. 

6.  Special  inspections. 

7.  Condemnation  by  inspector. 

8.  To  keep  record. 

9.  Penalty  for  using  scale,  etc.,  not  inspected,  etc. 

10.  Access  to   building  for  inspection 

11.  Office — turn  books  over  to  successor. 

12.  Penalty  for  using  scales  not  according  to  the  standard. 

13.  Fees. 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  a  regfulation  of  weig-hts  and 
measures  in  said  city,  and  the  standard  adopted  by  the 
State  of  Illinois  shall  be  the  test  by  which  they  shall  be 
compared  and  determined. 

Sec.  2.  There  shall  be  annually  appointed  by  the 
Mayor,  by  and  with  the  consent  and  advice  of  the  City 
Council,  at  the  time  of  appointing-  other  city  of&ceis,  one 
inspector  of  weights  and  measures  in  and  for  the  City  of 
Urbana,  who  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  one  year, 
and  until  his  successor  shall  be  appointed  and  qualified. 

Sec.  3.  Said  inspector  shall,  before  entering-  upon  the 
duties  of  his  office,  take  the  oath  required  by  law  for  city 
officers,  and  shall  g-ive  bond  to  the  corporation  in  the  penal 
sum  of  one  thousand  dollars,  with  sureties  to  be  approved 
by  the  Mayor,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of 
the  duties  of  his  office. 

Sec.  4.  The  City  Clerk  shall  procure,  at  the  expense  of 
the  city,  correct  and  approved  standards  of  weig-hts  and 
measures,  comprising-  a  full  set  thereof,  of  the  standard 
adopted  by  the  statutes  of  the  State  of  Illinois;  and  he 
shall  cause  each  of  the  weig-hts,  measures,  scales  and 
beams  so  procured  to  be  tested  and  sealed  by  the  County 
Sealer,  and  the  same  shall  be  used  by  said  Inspector  of 
Weig-hts  and  Measures  for  testing-  the  weig-hts  and  meas- 
ures of  said  city. 

Sec.   B.     It   shall   be   the     duty   of    the   Inspector   of 


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beams,  weig"hts  and  measures  in  his  possession,  belonging- 
to  said  city. 

Sec.  12.  Whoever  shall  use  in  weighing-  or  measuring- 
anj  article  for  sale,  within  said  city,  any  weight,  measure, 
scale,  beam,  balance,  or  other  instrument,  which  does  not 
conform  to  the  standard  adopted  and  prescribed  by  the 
statutes  of  the  State  of  Illinois;  or  whoever  shall  give  a 
less  quantity  of  any  article  or  thing  sold  that  is  contracted 
or  paid  for  by  the  purchaser,  computed  by  the  standard  and 
mode  of  weighing  or  measuring  prescribed  in  the  statutes 
aforesaid,  for  the  articles  so  sold,  shall  be  subject  to  a  pen- 
alty of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hun- 
dred dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  13.  The  Inspector  of  Weights  and  Measures  of 
the  city  shall  be  entitled  to  charge  and  receive  fees  as  fol- 
lows, to  be  paid  by  those  requiring  his  services,  to-wit: 

First.  For  inspecting  and  stamping  platform  scales, 
including  weights,  one  dollar  each. 

Second.  For  inspecting  and  stamping  beams  of  one 
thousand  pounds  capacity,  or  more,  including  weights, 
twenty-five  cents  each;  those  of  smaller  capacity,  fifteen 
cents  each. 

Third.  For  inspecting  and  stamping  counter  scales 
and  balances,  including  weights,  fifteen  cents  each. 

Fourth.  For  inspecting  and  stamping  a  full  set  of 
dry  measures,  twenty-five  cents;  for  a  less  number,  each 
measure  five  cents. 

Fifth.  For  inspecting  and  stamping  a  full  set  of  liquid, 
wine  or  beer  measures,  twenty-five  cents;  for  a  less  number, 
each  measure  five  cents. 

Sixth.  For  inspecting  and  stamping  lineal  measures, 
each  yard,  five  cents. 


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CHAPTER  XXII. 

ITINERANT   MERCHANTS. 

SECTION— 

1.  License  required — penalty. 

2.  Rates  of  license   fees. 

3.  How  license  obtained. 

Section  1.  No  person  or  persons,  or  corporations,  shall 
carry  on  or  conduct  the  business  of  itinerant  merchant  or 
transient  vendor  of  merchandise  within  the  corporate  limits 
of  the  City  of  Urbana,  without  having-  first  obtained  a 
license  therefor.  Any  person  or  corporation  violating-  the 
provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  fifty  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dol- 
lars for  each  and  every  offense,  and  every  day  or  part  of  a 
day  such  person  or  corporation  shall  carry  on  or  conduct 
said  business  without  a  license  therefor  shall  be  deemed  a 
separate  offense. 

Sec.  2.  Every  person  or  corporation  desiring-  a  license 
as  itinerant  merchant,  or  transient  vender  of  merchandise, 
shall  pay  to  the  City  Clerk,  in  advance,  for  the  same  at  the 
following-  rates: 

First.  Where  said  business  is  to  be  conducted  in  any 
room  in  any  permanent  building-  for  the  purpose  of  selling- 
or  bartering-  drj-  g-oods,  clothing-,  men's  furnishing-  g-oods, 
boots  and  shoes,  hats  and  caps,  or  other  articles  of  wearing- 
apparel,  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  one  week  or  less,  twenty- 
five  dollars  for  one  month  or  less,  and  twenty-five  dollars 
for  each  month  thereafter. 

Second.  Where  said  business  is  to  be  conducted  in  any 
room  in  any  permanent  building-  for  the  purpose  of  selling- 
or  bartering-  hardware,  groceries  or  drugs,  the  sum  of  five 
dollars  for  one  week  or  less,  fifteen  dollars  for  one  month  or 
less,  and  fifteen  dollars  for  each  month  thereafter. 

Third.  Where  said  business  is  to  be  conducted  in  any 
room  in  any  permanent  building  for  the  purpose  of  selling- 
or  bartering  books,  stationery,  jewelry,  bric-a-brac,  holiday 
goods,  wall  paper,  paints,  oils,  artists'  supplies  and  ma- 
terials, furniture  and  household  goods,  millinery  goods, 
harness  or  saddlery  goods,   the  sum  of  six  dollars  for  one 


70  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA. 

week  or  less,  twenty  dollars  for  one  month  or  less,  and 
twenty  dollars  for  each  month  thereafter. 

Fourth.  Where  said  business  is  to  be  conducted  in  any 
room  or  any  permanent  building-  for  the  purpose  of  selling- 
or  bartering  any  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  not  herein- 
before enumerated  or  specified,  the  sum  of  two  dollars  for 
one  week,  or  less;  ten  dollars  for  one  month,  or  less;  and 
ten  dollars  for  each  month  thereafter. 

Fifth.  Where  said  business  is  to  be  conducted  at  any 
temporary  stand  or  uninclosed  place,  the  sum  of  three  dol- 
lars for  two  weeks,  or  less;  five  dollars  for  one  month,  or  less; 
and  three  dollars  for  each  month  thereafter. 

Sec.  3.  Any  person  or  corporation  desiring  a  license, 
as  itinerant  merchant  or  transient  vendor  of  merchandise, 
shall  make  a  written  application  therefor  to  the  City  Clerk, 
stating  for  what  time  the  license  is  desired,  what  goods, 
wares  or  merchandise  are  to  be  sold  or  bartered,  and  the 
place  where  said  business  is  to  be  located,  and  shall  accom- 
pany the  application  with  the  license  fee.  And  it  will  be 
the  duty  of  the  said  Clerk  to  issue  the  same;  but  no  license 
shall  be  issued  to  extend  beyond  the  municipal  year. 


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CHAPTER  XXIII. 

JANITOR  FOR  CITY  BUILDING. 

SECTION— 

1.  Office  created. 

2.  Appointment — term. 

3.  Duty  of  janitor. 

4.  Ex-officio  policeman  and  prison  keeper. 

5.  Bond  of  janitor. 

6.  Salary  of  janitor. 

7.  When  may  be  removed,  etc. 

Section  t  There  is  hereby  created  the  ofifice  of  Janitor 
for  the  City  Building. 

Sec.  2.  The  Mayor,  with  the  approval  of  the  City  Coun- 
cil, shall  appoint  a  janitor  for  the  city  building,  at  the  first 
regular  meeting  of  the  City  Council  after  this  ordinance  shall 
take  effect,  and  thereafter  whenever  a  vacancy  occurs  in  said 
office,  and  the  term  of  ofifice  of  said  janitor  shall  be  for  such 
time  as  in  the  judgment  of  the  Mayor  and  City  Council  will 
best  subserve  the  interests  of  the  city,  provided  said  term  of 
ofifice  shall  not  exceed  the  municipal  year  of  such  appointment. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Janitor  of  the  city 
building  to  keep  the  grounds  and  walks  of  the  city  building 
in  good  condition;  to  carefully  attend  to  the  heating  of  the 
rooms  of  the  said  building,  and  shall  keep  up  the  fires  of  the 
steam  boiler  and  see  that  the  pipes  and  radiators  connected 
with  the  same  are  kept  in  good  condition.  He  shall  keep  the 
rooms  of  said  building  and  all  of  its  furniture,  windows,  doors 
and  interior  finish  in  a  neat  and  clean  condition;  and  in  the 
absence  of  the  librarian  he  shall  permit  no  person  to  carry 
away  any  books,  papers  or  other  property  belonging  to  the 
city  library. 

Sec.  4.  Tlie  Janitor  of  the  city  building  shall  be  ex- 
officio  a  policeman  and  shall  have  all  the  powers  appertaining 
to  the  office  of  policeman.  He  shall  also  perform  the  duties  of 
keeper  of  the  city  prison,  and  shall  have,  under  the  direction 
and  command  of  the  City  Marshal,  the  charge,  care  and  cus- 
tody and  keeping  of  the  prison  and  all  persons  legally  com- 
mitted to  or  confined  therein,  subject  to  the  supervison  of  the 
City  Council  and  the  Mayor.  He  shall  attend  at  the  prison  at  all 
times,and  when  required  shall  receive  into  his  custody  and  safely 


72  ORDINANCES   OF   THE    CITY    OF    URBANA. 

keep  and  confine  therein  all  persons  who  may  be  legally  comit- 
ted  to  his  custody  or  charge  by  any  proper  officer,  police  magis- 
trate or  justice  of  the  peace, until  they  shall  be  legally  taken  or 
discharged  therefrom.  He  shall  not  discharge  any  person 
legally  committed  to  the  said  prison  before  the  expiration  of 
the  time  for  which  such  person  may  be  so  committed,  unless 
by  the  order  of  some  court  or  officer  having  the  power  or 
authority  to  order  such  release.  He  shall  furnish  to  all  per- 
sons who  may  be  confined  or  kept  in  the  city  prison  under  his 
charge  (when  the  person  himself  shall  not  do  so)  at  proper 
times,  suitable,  necessary  and  plain,  wholesome  food  and 
drink. 

Sec.  5.  The  Janitor  of  the  City  Building  shall  before  en- 
tering upon  the  duties  of  his  office  execute  a  bond  to  the  City 
of  Urbana,  in  the  penal  sum  of  two  thousand  dollars  condi- 
tioned for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office, 
herein  named. 

Sec.  6.  The  said  janitor  shall  receive  the  sum  of  thirty- 
five  dollars  per  month,  which  salary  shall  be  paid  monthly. 

Sec.  7.  In  case  the  Janitor  of  the  city  building  shall 
violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  or  neglect  or  fail 
to  perform  any  of  his  duties,  or  be  found  incompetent,  the 
Mayor  shall  have  power  to  remove  said  janitor  from  his  said 
office,  and  said  janitor  shall  not  be  entitled  to  any  portion  of 
the  unearned  salary  for  such  unexpired  term. 


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CHAPTER  XXIV. 

LICENSE. 

SECTION— 

1.  Mayor  to  receive  application. 

2.  Application — how  made. 

3.  Terms  of  license — how  signed. 

4.  Subject   to   ordinances — may   be  revoked,  etc. 

5.  Not  assignable  without  permit,  etc. 

6.  Clerk  to   keep   register — fee   for  issuing  licenses. 

7.  Form  of  license. 

8.  Duty  of  marshal. 

Section  i  The  Mayor  shall  receive  applications  for  li- 
cense and  grart  the  same  in  all  cases  where  it  is  not  otherwise 
expressly  provided,  upon  the  terms  and  conditions  specified 
by  ordinance.  But  if  he  shall  not  feel  authorized  to  grant  any 
application  for  a  license  for  any  purpose,  he  may  report  such 
application  to  the  next  meeting  of  the  City  Council  for  their 
action  thereon. 

Sec.  2.  Any  person  desiring  a  license  under  the  ordinances 
of  the  city  for  any  purpose  shall  make  a  written  application  to 
the  Mayor  therefor,  stating  the  purpose  for  which  the  same  is 
desired,  for  what  length  of  time,  and  specify  the  place  where 
his  business  is  to  be  carried  on,  and,  if  required  by  ordinance, 
to  file  bond  before  being  licensed.  He  shall  also  name  his 
proposed  sureties  on  his  bond  in  his  application.  If  the  Mayor 
shall  grant  such  application,  he  shall  indorse  the  same  thereon, 
together  with  the  amount  taxed  for  the  license,  and  upon  the 
filing  of  the  application,  so  indorsed,  with  the  City  Clerk,  and 
the  payment  of  the  amount  specified,  the  City  Clerk  shall  issue 
to  such  applicant  a  license  for  the  purpose  and  time  specified. 
Sec.  3.  No  license  shall  be  granted  for  a  longer  period 
than  the  municipal  year,  and  all  licenses  shall  be  signed  by  the 
Mayor  and  countersigned  by  the  City  Clerk,  under  the  corpo- 
rate seal.  No  license  shall  be  valid  until  signed  and  counter- 
signed as  aforesaid,  nor  shall  any  person  be  deemed  licensed 
until  a  license  be  duly  issued  to  him.  Each  license  shall  be 
dated  the  day  of  the  issuing  thereof;  but  if  the  applicant  has 
been  acting  without  a  license,  then  it  shall  be  dated  from  the 
time  he  commenced  acting. 


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Sec.  4.  All  licenses  granted  shall  be  subject  to  all  or- 
dinances relating  to  license  which  may  be  in  force  at  the  time 
of  the  issuing  thereof,  or  which  may  be  subsequently  adopted 
by  the  City  Council;  or,  if  any  person  licensed  shall  violate 
any  provision  of  any  ordinance  in  relation  to  his  license,  he 
may  be  proceeded  against  for  any  fine  or  penalty  imposed 
thereby,  and  his  license  may  be  revoked  or  forfeited,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  City  Council,  or  in  any  other  manner  pro- 
vided by  ordinance. 

Sec.  5.  No  license  granted  shall  be  assignable  or  trans- 
ferable, nor  shall  any  person  bc/  authorized  to  do  business  or 
act  under  such  license  but  the  person  to  whom  it  is  granted,  or 
in  any  other  place  than  the  place  specified  therein,  without  the 
consent  of  the  City  Council,  to  be  certified  on  such  license  by 
the  City  Clerk,  nor  shall  any  license  authorize  any  person  to 
act  under  it  at  more  than  one  place  at  the  same  time,  nor  at 
any  other  time  than  is  herein  specified.  Whoever  shall  violate 
any  of  t  he  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  deemed  to  be 
acting  without  license,  and  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  penalty 
as  is  prescribed  for  acting  without  license. 

Sec.  6.  The  City  Clerk  sEall  keep  a  license  register,  in 
which  he  shall  enter  the  name  of  each  person  licensed,  for  what 
purpose  licensed,  the  places  of  business,  the  date  of  the  license, 
the  amount  paid,  and  the  date  of  the  expiration  of  the  same. 
He  shall  pay  into  the  city  treasury,  on  the  first  Monday  of 
each  month,  ill  money  received  by  him  on  account  of  licenses. 
He  may  charge  and  receive  a  fee  of  fifty  cents  for  each  license 
issued  by  him  where  the  fee  charged  is  ten  dollars  or  less,  and 
one  dollar  where  the  fee  charged  is  more  than  ten  dollars,  and 
a  fee  of  fifty  cents  for  certifying  the  consent  of  the  City  Coun- 
cil to  the  assignment  or  transfer  of  any  license  or  change  of 
place  of  business  specified  in  such  license. 

Sec.  7.  Licenses  may  issue,  as  near  as  may  be,  in  the  fol- 
lowing form,  to-wit: 

A.  B.,of  the  City  ol  Urbana,  toall  to  whom  these  presents  may  come 
greeting  : 

Know  ye,  that  C.  D.  having  made  application  in  due  form,  filed  bond 

and  paid  into  the  city  treasury dollars,  and    in  all  other 

respects  complied  with  the  ordinance  of  the  city  in  this  behalf;  Therefore 
I,  A.  B.,  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Urbana,  for  and  in  behalf  of  said  city,  do 
hereby  authorize,  empower  and  license  the  said  C.  D.  (here  set  forth  the 


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business  or  purpose  of  the  license),  at for 

from Nevertheless,  thislicenseis  granted  upon  the  express 

condition:  That  if  the  C.  D.  shall  observe  and  obey  all  ordinances  of  the 
city  which  are  or  may  be  in  force  regulating  or  relating  to  said  business, 
then  this  license  shall  be  valid  for  the  said  period;  otherwise  it  maybe 
annulled,  revoked  or  forfeited,  at  the  option  of  the  City  Council,  or  in  any 
other  manner  provided  by  ordinance. 

In  testimony  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  caused  the 

corporate  seal  of  said  city  to  be  afiBxed,  at  the  City  of  Urbana,  this 

day  of A.  D.  18 

[seal]  a.  B.,  Mayor. 

Countersigned  and  registered: 

E.  F.,  City  Clerk. 

Sec.  8.     The  City  MarsTial  shall  enforce  all  ordinances  in 

relation  to  licenses,  and  shall  from  time  to  time  examine  the 

license  register,  and  prosecute  all  persons  who  may  be  acting 

without  licen<^e. 


CHAPTER  XXV. 

LIQUORS. 

SECTION— 

1.  LiiQuors — license  required. 

2.  Committee  on  license — duties. 

3.  Council  to  grant — rate  of  license — not  to  be  granted  to  minor. 

4.  Bonds  required. 

5.  Written   application — what  it  shall  state. 

6.  Applications  to  be  presented  by  mayor    to    council — disqualifi- 

cations. 

7.  Clerk  to  issue  license. 

8.  License  only  granted  to  person  making  application. 

9.  License  not  to  be  granted — when. 

10.  When  license  may  be  revoked. 

11.  May  be  revoked  for  keeping  restaurant  in  connection  with. 

12.  At  what  time  to   be   closed. 

13.  Liconse  not  assignable. 

14.  License  to  be  kept  posted. 

15.  Shifts  forbidden. 

16.  Selling  on   Sunday  forbidden. 

17.  Drunkenness — gambling — chairs,  tables,  etc. 

18.  Employm2nt  of  minors  forbidden — selling  to   intoxicated  per- 

sons forbidden. 

19.  Sale  to  minors  forbidden. 

20.  Minors  obtaining  liquors  by  false  pretenses. 

21.  Sale  to  habitual  drunkards  forbidden. 

22.  Lewd  "omen  not  permitted  in  dram  shoo. 


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23.  Boisterous  conduct  not  permitted. 

24.  Duty  of  police  ofRcers. 

25.  Pool  and  billiard  tables,  etc.,  in  saloon  forbidden. 

26.  License  for  sale  of  liquors  in  quantities  of  five  gallons  or  over, 

etc. 

Section  i.  No  person  shall,  within  the  city,  by  himself, 
his  servant  or  clerk,  except  for  purposes  purely  medicinal, 
mechanical,  chemical  or  sacramental,  as  otherwise  provided  in 
this  ordinance,  directly,  sell,  barter,  exchange  or  deliver  or 
otherwise  dispose  of  any  intoxicating,  malt,  vinous,  mixed  or 
fermented  liquors,  in  a  less  quantity  than  one  gallon,  to  be 
carried  away  at  one  time  from  the  place  of  sale  or  delivery,  or 
in  any  quantity  whatever  to  be  drank  upon  the  premises,  or  in, 
or  upon  any  adjacent  room,  building,  yard  or  premises,  or 
place  of  public  resort,  without  a  license  therefor  in  accordance 
with  the  requirements  hereof,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
twenty  dollars,  and  not  exceeding  two  hundred  dollars  for  each 
offense. 

Sec.  2.  The  Ma3^or  shall  appoint,  at  the  beginning  of  each 
fiscal  year,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be,  a  standing  com  • 
mittee,  known  as  the  committee  on  license,  to  which  com- 
mittee shall  be  referred  all  applications,  together  with  the 
bonds,  for  dramshops.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  committee 
to  examine  the  same  with  reference  to  their  legal  sufficiency 
and  the  sufficiency  of  the  sureties  upon  the  said  bonds,  and 
particularly  in  regard  to  the  qualifications  of  the  several  appli- 
cants, as  prescribed  by  the  ordinances,  and  especially  in  regard 
to  the  fitness  of  the  person  for  the  business  sought  to  be  car- 
ried on  by  him,  and  the  fitness  and  propriety  of  the  place  at 
which  he  seeks  to  carry  on  such  business.  The  said  com- 
mittee shall  make  report  of  their  action  without  unnecessary 
delay,  and  shall  endorse  upon  each  application,  if  favorable: 
"We  recommend  that  license  be  granted;"  otherwise,  "We 
recommend  that  license  be  not  granted."  Said  committee 
may  be  granted  further  time  to  make  report  upon  any  and  all 
applications. 

Sec.  3.  The  City  Council  may  grant  license  to  such  per- 
son or  persons  as  may  apply  therefor  in  writing,  to  retail  in- 
toxicating, malt,  vinous,  mixed  or  fermented  liquors,  in  any 
quantity  less  than  one  gallon,  upon  such  person  or  persons 


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paying  therefor  to  the  City  Clerk  in  advance,  at  the  rate  of  five 
Iiundred  dollars  per  annum,  and  entering  into  bonds  as  re- 
quired by  the  fourth  section  of  this  chapter;  but  no  license 
shall  be  granted  to  extend  beyond  the  municipal  year  in  which 
it  is  issued,  nor  for  a  less  period  than  six  months,  except  in 
the  last  six  months  of  the  municipal  year;  nor  except  upon 
condition  therein  written  that  the  same  shall  be  null  and  void 
from  and  after  the  time  that  the  City  Council  of  said  city  shall 
find  by  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  members  thereof,  that  the 
party  to  whom  such  license  has  been  granted,  since  the  issuing 
thereof,  has  been  guilty  of  a  violation  of  an  ordinance  of  said 
city  regulating,  affecting  or  concerning  the  sale  of  intoxicating 
liquors;  Provided  that  no  license  shall  be  issued  to  a  minor. 
Sec.  4.  Before  a  license  shall  be  granted  to  keep  a  dram- 
shop for  the  sale  of  intoxicating,  malt,  vinous,  mixed  or  fer- 
mented liquors  under  the  provisions  hereof,  the  person  or  per- 
sons applying  for  such  license  shall  execute  a  bond  in  the 
penal  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars,  payable  to  the  People  of 
the  State  of  Illinois,  with  at  least  two  good  and  sufficient 
sureties,  freeholders  in  the  county  in  which  the  license  is  to  be 
granted,  to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor,  conditioned  that  the 
person  to  whom  such  license  is  granted  shall  pay  to  all  persons 
all  damages  that  they  may  sustain,  either  in  person  or  prop- 
erty or  means  of  support,  by  reason  of  the  person  so  obtaining 
a  license  selling  or  giving  away  intoxicating  liquors,  as  re- 
quired by  law.  And  such  persons  shall  also  execute  a  bond 
to  the  City  of  Urbana,  in  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars  li- 
quidated damages,  signed  by  at  least  two  freeholders  of  the 
county  of  Champaign,  Illinois,  each  to  the  value,  over  and 
al)ove  their  homestead  exemption,  of  at  least  the  penalty  of  the 
bond  as  sureties,  to  be  approved  by  the  City  Council,  and  con- 
ditioned that  the  person  to  whom  such  license  is  granted  shall 
observe  and  obey  all  laws  and  ordinances  now  in  force,  or  such 
as  may  hereafter  be  in  force,  regulating  and  governing  keepers 
of  dramshops,  and  for  the  payment  of  all  fines  and  penalties, 
and  costs  thereof  which  may  be  adjudged  by  any  court  against 
such  person  for  any  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  chapter 
or  any  amendment  thereto  during  the  time  for  which  said  li- 
cense was  granted.     And  any  breach  of  its  conditions  shall 


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work  a  forfeiture  of  the  whole  penalty  thereof,  the  amount  of 
which  shall  be  recovered  before  any  court  having  jurisdiction. 
Any  person  offered  as  security  upon  the  first  of  the  herein 
named  bonds,  payable  to  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois, 
may  be  required  by  the  Mayor  to  appear  in  person  before  him, 
and  he  may  examine  him  under  oath,  and  require  him  to  sub- 
scribe and  swear  to  his  statement  in  regard  to  his  pecuniary 
ability  to  become  such  security. 

Sec.  5.  Any  person  desiring  a  license  under  the  or- 
dinances of  the  city  to  keep  a  dramshop  for  selling  at  retail 
intoxicating,  malt,  Acinous,  mixed  or  fermented  liquors,  in  less 
quantities  than  one  gallon,  shall  make  a  written  application  to 
the  Mayor,  stating  the  length  of  time  for  which  he  desires  such 
license,  the  place  where  his  business  is  to  be  carried  on,  and  the 
names  of  the  persons  who  will  become  his  sureties  on  the  bond 
required  by  ordinance. 

Sec.  6.  When  application  is  made  for  a  license  to  keep  a 
dramshop  as  aforesaid,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Mayor  to  re- 
ceive and  present  the  same  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  City 
Council,  and  the  City  Council  may  grant  the  same  upon  the 
terms  and  conditions  specified  by  ordinance,  amless  the  appli- 
cant or  one  or  more  of  the  applicants  shall  be  a  minor,  or  shall 
have  been  convicted  of  some  crime  which  by  the  laws  of  this 
State  would  render  him,  her  or  them  infamous,  or  shall  have 
been  twice  convicted  of  violating  the  ordinance  of  said  city 
concerning,  regulating  or  governing  keepers  of  dramshops  or 
retailers  of  liquors,  or  unless  such  applicant  or  applicants  or 
some  one  or  more  of  them  shall  have  failed  or  refused,  after 
liaving  been  once  convicted  of  any  violation,  to  pay  the  fine  or 
penalty,  or  the  cost  of  some  part  thereof  assessed  therefor.  If 
the  application  be  granted,  the  Mayor  shall  endorse  the  grant 
thereof  on  such  application,  together  with  the  amount  taxed 
for  such  license. 

Sec.  7.  Upon  the  filing  of  the  application  so  endorsed  as 
aforesaid  in  the  City  Clerk's  office,  together  with  the  bonds 
aforesaid,  conditioned  as  aforesaid,  with  such  securities  and 
approved  as  aforesaid,  and  the  approval  thereof  endorsed 
thereon,  and  paying  to  the  City  Clerk  the  amount  required  for 
such   license,  a  license  to   retail   intoxicating,  malt,   vinous, 


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mixed  or  fermented  liquors  in  any  quantity  less  than  one  gal- 
lon, at  the  place  named  in  the  application,  shall  be  issued  to 
such  applicant,  in  the  general  form  and  manner  prescribed  by 
the  ordinances  of  said  city  for  other  license. 

Sec.  8.  Whenever  any  person  shall  make  application  for 
a  license  to  keep  a  dramshop  for  retailing  intoxicating,  malt, 
vinous,  mixed  or  fermented  liquors,  and  the  City  Council  shall 
be  satisfied  that  the  application  is  made  for  the  benefit  of  any 
other  person,  who  is  not  entitled  to  a  license  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  chapter  of  this  ordinance,  or  that  any  such  per- 
son not  entitled  to  a  license  is  to  be  in  any  manner  interested 
in  the  business  to  be  carried  on  under  such  license  or  in  any 
manner  employed  therein,  or  that  such  application  is  made  for 
the  purpose  of  avoiding  the  tenth  section  of  this  chapter  they 
shall  refuse  to  grant  such  license,  and  if  any  person  shall  make 
such  application  for  the  benefit  of  any  other  person  not  entitled 
to  such  license  under  the  provisions  hereof,  or  if  any  person 
not  entitled  to  such  license  shall  be  in  any  manner  interested 
in  the  business  to  be  carried  on  under  such  license,  or  shall  be 
employed  as  an  agent,  clerk  or  servant  in  such  business,  then 
any  license  which  may  be  granted  on  such  application  shall  be 
absolutely  null  and  void. 

Sec.  9.  Whenever  any  person  licensed  to  keep  a  dram- 
shop, as  aforesaid,  shall  be  convicted  of  violating  any  ordi- 
anace  of  the  city  concerning,  regulating  or  governing  keepers 
of  dramshops  or  retailers  of  liquors,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
City  Council  to  refuse  to  grant  such  person  any  other  or  fur- 
ther license  to  retail  intoxicating,  malt,  vinous,  mixed  or  ler- 
mented  liquors  in  the  city,  until  the  fine  or  penalty  adjudged 
against  such  person  for  such  violation  shall  have  been  fully 
paid  and  satisfied,  together  with  all  costs  therein,  or  in  the  case 
wherein  such  fine  or  penalty  was  adjudged  shall  have  been 
duly  appealed.  And  whenever  any  person  licensed  to  retail 
intoxicating,  malt,  vinous,  mixed  or  fermented  liquors,  as 
aforesaid,  shall  have  been  twice  convicted  before  any  court  of 
competent  jurisdiction  of  violating  any  such  ordinance  of  the 
city,  it  shall  be  in  the  discretion  of  the  City  Council  to  refuse 
such  person  so  convicted,  any  other  or  further  license  to  keep 
a  dramshop  in  said  city,  and  whenever  any  person  so  licensed 


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as  aforesaid,  shall  have  been  three  times  convicted  before  any 
such  court  for  violating  any  such  ordinance,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  City  Council  forever  thereafter  to  refuse  to  grant 
such  person  so  convicted  any  license  to  sell  intoxicating,  malt, 
vinous,  mixed  or  fermented  liquors  in  said  city:  Provided^ 
howevc7\  That  if  any  of  the  cases  v^herein  the  person 
licensed  as  aforesaid  shall  have  been  convicted  as  afore- 
said shall  be  appealed,  and  upon  the  hearing  of 
such  cause  on  appeal  such  person  shall  be  found  not 
guilty  of  the  violation  or  violations  for  which  he  was  con- 
victed in  the  court  below,  or  if  the  fine  or  penalty  adjudged  for 
fuch  violation  whereof  he  may  be  convicted  shall  be  remitted 
by  the  city  council,  then  such  conviction  shall  not  be  con- 
sidered from  and  after  the  reversal  thereof,  or  the  remission 
of  the  fine  or  penalty  assessed  therefor,  as  a  conviction  within 
the  meaning  of  this  section  so  as  to  bar  such  person  of  his 
right  to  such  license. 

Sec.  lo.  Any  license  granted  as  provided  in  the  preced- 
ing sections  hereof  may  at  any  time  be  revoked  whenever  the 
City  Council  shall  be  satisfied  that  the  person  so  licensed 
keeps  a  disorderly  or  ill-governed  house  or  place,  or  has  vio- 
lated any  of  the  provisions  of  the  ordinances  of  the  city,  or 
permits  his  place  or  house  to  become  a  resort  for  idle  or  dis- 
solute persons,  or  allows  any  illegal  gaming  in  his  place  of 
business,  or  in  any  house,  room  or  place  adjacent  thereto,  or 
rents,  hires,  sub-rents  or  permits  the  use  of^any  room  or  place 
under  his  control  to  be  used  for  gambling,  or  for  the  purpose 
of  prostitution,  or  congregation  of  dissolute  or  disorderly  per- 
sons, or  who  permits  any  door,  window  or  stairway,  to  open 
into,  or  other  means  of  communication  to  be  had  between  his 
place  of  business  and  any  room,  rooms  or  places  used  for 
gaming,  prostitution  or  disorderly  assemblies. 

Sec.  II.  No  license  shall  be  granted  under  the  provis- 
ions, of  this  chapter  to  any  person  or  persons  who  keep  or 
operate  a  restaurant  or  eating  room  in  connection  with  their 
plice  of  business  where  said  liquors  are  to  be  retailed;  and  in 
case  any  person  or  persons,  after  having  been  granted  a  license 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  of  this  or- 
dinance, shall  keep,  have  or  operate  a  restaurant  or  other  eat- 


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ing  room  in  connection  therewith,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Mayor  to  immediately  revoke  said  license  so  granted  to  such 
person  or  persons. 

Sec.  12.  No  keeper  of  a  dramshop  shall  keep  open  or 
suffer  to  be  kept  open  his  place  of  business,  or  sell  any  liquor 
therein,  or  therefrom,  or  suffer  any  person  not  belonging 
thereto  or  connected  therewith,  to  remain  in  any  part  thereof, 
before  the  hour  of  five  o'clock  in  the  morning,  or  after  the 
hour  of  eleven  o'clock  sharp  in  the  evening  of  each  day.  Any 
person  violating  this  section  or  any  part  thereof,  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  13.  No  license  granted  under  any  charter  of  the 
city  for  the  sale  of  intoxicating,  malt,  vinous,  mixed  or  fer- 
mented liquors  shall  be  assignable  or  transferable,  nor  shall 
any  person  be  authorized  to  do  business  or  to  act  under  such 
license  but  the  person  to  whom  it  is  granted,  or  at  any  other 
place  than  the  place  specified  therein, without  the  consent  ofthe 
Mayor,  with  the  approval  of  the  City  Council,  to  be  certified  on 
such  license  under  his  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  City,  and 
countersigned  by  the  City  Clerk;  nor  shall  any  such  license 
authorize  any  such  person  to  act  under  it  at  more  than  one 
place  at  the  same  time,  nor  at  any  other  time  than  therein 
specified.  Whoever  shall  violate  the  provisions  of  this  section 
shall  be  deemed  as  acting  without  a  license  and  be  subject  to 
the  same  oenalty  as  is  prescribed  for  selling  without  a  license. 

Sec.  14.  Every  dealer  in  liquors,  licensed  under  the  pro- 
visions hereof,  shall  keep  a  copy  of  this  ordinance  posted  up  in 
some  conspicuous  place  in  his  place  of  business. 

Sec.  15.  The  giving  away  of  intoxicating,  malt,  vinous, 
mixed  or  fermented  liquors  or  other  device  or  shift  to  evade 
the  provisions  or  requirements  of  this  chapter  of  this  ordi- 
nance are  hereby  declared  to  be  within  the  meaning  and  in- 
tent and  shall  be  deemed  violations  hereof. 

Sec.  16.  No  keeper  of  a  dramshop,  licensed  under  the 
provisions  hereof  to  retail  intoxicating,  malt,  vinous,  mixed  or 
fermented  liquors,  shall  on  Sundays  keep  open  or  suffer  or 
peimit  to  be  kept  open  any  part  of  his  place  of  business,  nor 
shall,  on  Sundays,  in  any  manner  sell  or  deliver  any  intoxicat- 


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mg,  inalt,  vinous,  mixed  or  fermented  liquors,  or  suffer  or  per- 
mit any  such  liquors  to  be  used  or  drunk  in  his  place  of  busi- 
ness or  on  his  premises  or  in  any  place  adjacent  thereto  under 
1-is  control,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  fifty  dollars,  nor 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  17.  No  dealer  in  liquors  shall,  by  himself,  his  agent, 
servant  or  clerk,  suffer  or  permit  any  person  to  drink  to  excess 
ov  drunkenness  on  his  premises,  nor  suffer  or  permit  any 
sf.  ecies  of  gambling  in  any  part  thereof,  or  plaving  at  or  with 
crrds,  dice  or  dominos;  nor  have  or  permit  any  chairs,  stools, 
sittees,  tables  or  articles  of  furniture  for  persons  to  sit  down 
or  recline  upon  therein,  or  in  places  adjacent  thereto  and  under 
his  control;  nor  shall  he  allow  the  windows  of  his  place  of 
business  to  be  painted,  stained  or  otherwise  obstructed  so  as 
to  impair  a  good  view  of  the  bar  from  the  street,  under  a  pen- 
alty of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  ont 
hundred  dollars  for  each  violation  hereof. 

Sec.  18.  No  keeper  of  a  dramshop  licensed  under  the 
provision  hereof  to  sell  intoxicating,  malt,  vinous,  mixed  or 
fermented  liquors,  nor  his  agent  clerk  or  servant  shall 
employ  any  minor  as  a  servant  or  clerk  in  his  place  of  business 
without  the  written  permit  of  the  parents  or  lawful  guardian 
of  such  minor  nor  shall  sell,  give  or  deliver  either  by  himself 
or  another  any  intoxicating  malt,  vinous,  mixed  or  fermented 
liquors  to  any  intoxicated  person,  nor  shall  harbor  or  entice, 
or  suffer  any  intoxicated  person  or  minor  to  remain  or  loiter 
in  or  about  his  place  of  business,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  ten  dollars,  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each 
offense. 

Sec.  19.  No  dealer  in  liquors,  or  any  other  person,  shall 
sell,  give  or  deliver  any  intoxicating  liquors  to  any  minor  with- 
out the  written  order  of  his  parent,  guardian  or  family  phy- 
sician nor  then  unless  he  shall  receive  and  retain  said  order, 
nor  to  any  person  intoxicated,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
twenty  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each 
offense,  Provided,  That  no  more  than  one  sale  shall  be  per- 
mitted to  any  minor  under  such  written  order  as  aforesaid. 

Sec.  20.  Any  person  being  a  minor,  who  shall  obtain 
from  the  proprietor  of  any  saloon  or  grocery,  or  from  his  or 


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her  agent  or  servant,  any  intoxicating  liquors  under  the  false 
pretense  of  being  then  of  age,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  sub- 
ject to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  21.  No  keeper  of  a  dramshop  licensed  under  the  pro- 
visions hereof,  by  himself,  or  his  agent  or  clerk,  nor  any  other 
person,  shall  sell,  give  or  deliver  any  intoxicating,  malt,  vinous, 
mixed  or  fermented  liquors  to  any  person  who  is  in  the  habit 
of  getting  intoxicated,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty 
dollars,  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  22.  No  keeper  of  a  dramshop  within  this  city  or  his 
agent,  clerk  or  servant  shall  permit  or  allow  any  prostitute 
or  lewd  woman  or  women  of  ill  report,  to  frequent,  loiter  in, 
or  purchase  or  drink  li(|uor  of  any  kind  in  his  dramshop  or  in 
any  place  adjacent  thereto  under  his  control.  Any  such 
woman  who  shall  when  requested  not  to  enter  any  such  dram- 
shop, by  any  person  in  charge  of  the  same,  persist  in  entering 
such  dramshop,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
three  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  any 
keeper  of  a  dramshop,  or  his  agent,  clerk  or  servant  who  shall 
knowingly  violate  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than 
one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  22,.  No  dealers  in  liciuors  shall  suffer  or  permit  any 
loud  or  boisterous  talking,  obscene  or  profane  language,  sing- 
ing, fighting,  or  other  disturbance  in  or  about  his  place  of 
business,  or  in  any  place  adjacent  thereto,  under  his  control, 
to  the  annoyance  or  disturbance  of  any  persons  passing  along 
any  street  or  public  place  in  the  vicinity  thereof,  or  to  the  dis- 
turbance of  the  peace  and  quiet  of  persons  doing  business  or 
residing  in  the  neighborhood  thereof,  under  a  penalty  of  not 
less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for 
each  violation  thereof. 

Sec.  24.  The  City  Marshal  and  Policemen  shall  see  that 
the  provisions  hereof  are  strictly  observed  and  enforced,  and 
shall  prosecute  all  violations  of  the  same,  and  any  person  may 
make  complaint  of  any  violation  before  the  Police  Magistrate 
and  have  the  offender  prosecuted  as  in  other  cases,  and  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  City  Marshal  and  all  Policemen  to  arrest  or 


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cause  to  be  arrested  and  prosecuted  without  delay  all  persons 
who  may  be  found  intoxicated  or  riotious  in  any  public  place. 

Sec.  25.  No  person  engaged  in  the  sale  of  liquors,  shall 
keep  or  maintain  in  his  place  of  business,  or  any  room  con- 
nected therewith  under  his  control,  any  billiard,  pool,  bagatelle 
or  pigeon-hole  table,  or  any  ball  or  ten-pin  alley,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  playing  games  thereon.  Any  person  violating  the  pro- 
visions of  these  sections,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not 
less  than  fifty  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for 
each  ofifense,  and  a  further  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars 
nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every  day 
such  persons  keeps  or  maintains  any  or  either  of  said  tables  or 
alleys  in  his  said  place  of  business  or  room  connected  there- 
with as  aforesaid. 

Sec.  26.  That  a  license  for  the  sale  of  malt  liquors  in 
quantities  of  five  gallons  or  over  may  be  issued  to  any  person 
of  good  moral  character  applying  for  the  same  in  the  discre- 
tion of  the  City  Council  upon  such  person  paying  in  advance 
to  the  City  Treasurer  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars 
per  annum,  or  a  proportionate  sum  for  six  months;  but  no  li- 
cense shall  issue  for  a  less  time  than  six  months;  and,  provided, 
that  the  person  applying  for  such  license,  shall  first  execute  a 
bond  in  the  penal  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars,  payable  to  the 
People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  with  at  least  two  good  and  suf- 
ficent  securities,  freeholders  of  the  County  of  Champaign  and 
State  of  Illinois,  to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor  of  said  city,  and 
conditioned  that  such  person  will,  pay  to  all  persons  all 
damages  whicli  they  may  sustain,  either  in  person  or  property, 
or  means  of  support,  by  reason  of  such  person  so  obtaining 
said  license,  selling  or  giving  away  intoxicating  liquors;  and  in 
addition  thereto,  shall  also  execute  a  bond  payable  to  the  City 
of  Urbana  in  the  penal  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars  with  two 
good  and  sufficient  securities,  freeholders  of  the  County  of 
Champaign,  Illinois,  said  bond  to  be  approved  by  the  City 
Council  of  said  city,  and  conditioned  that  the  person  to  whom 
such  license  is  granted,  will  obey  all  laws  and  ordinances  of  the 
City  of  Urbana,  then  or  thereafter  in  force,  relating  to  or 
governing  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors. 


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CHAPTER  XXVI. 

i^ung-testers,  galvanic  batteries,  etc. 
section— 

1.  Must  obtain  license. 

2.  License  fee. 

Section  i.  No  person  shall  use  or  exhibit,  for  profit  or 
gain,  any  lung-tester,  lifting  apparatus,  galvanic  battery,  strik- 
ing machine,  swing  or  other  machine,  instrument  or  device, 
\\ithout  first  having  obtained  a  license  therefor,  under  a  pen- 
alty of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dol- 
lars for  each  oflfense. 

Sec.  2.  The  license  therefor  for  any  such  apparatus  as 
named  in  the  preceding  section  shall  be  one  dollar  for  each 
day. 


CHAPTER  XXVH. 

MAYOR. 


section— 

1.  Shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the  council,  etc. 

2.  Perform  all  duties  prescribed  by  law  or  ordinance,  etc. 

3.  May  inspect  and  examine  all  books,  etc. 

4.  Has  power  of  sheriff  or  peace  officer  in  city  limits,  etc. 

5.  May  release  person  from  prison,  etc. — shall  release  no  fin". 

6.  "Vacancy   in   office   of  mayor — how  filled. 

7.  Ma/  remove  officer  appointed  by  him,  etc. 

8.  Messages  to  council. 

Section  i.  The  Mayor  shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the 
Council,  and  shall  have  no  vote,  except  in  case  of  a  tie,  when  he 
shall  give  the  deciding  vote. 

Sec.  2.  He  shall  perform  all  duties  that  are  or  may  be 
prescribed  by  law  or  the  city  ordinances,  and  shall  take  care 
that  the  city  ordinances  and  the  laws  are  faithfully  executed. 

Sec.  3.  He  shall  have  power  at  all  times  to  examine  and 
inspect  the  books,  records  and  papers  of  any  agent,  employe  or 
officer  of  the  city. 

Sec.  4.  He  may  exercise  within  the  city  limits  the  powers 
conferred  upon  sheriffs  or  peace  officers  to  suppress  disorder 
and  keep  the  peace. 


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Sec.  5.  He  may  release  any  person  imprisoned  for  the 
violation  of  any  city  ordinance  and  shall  report  such  release 
and  the  cause  therefor  to  the  City  Council  at  its  next  meeting; 
but  he  shall  have  no  power  to  remit  or  release  the  fine  or  costs 
of  any  person  convicted  under  the  city  ordinances. 

Sec.  6.  Whenever  a  vacancy  shall  happen  in  the  office  of 
the  Mayor,  when  the  unexpired  term  shall  be  one  year  or  over 
from  the  date  when  the  vacancy  occurs,  it  shall  be  filled  by 
election.  If  the  vacancy  is  less  than  one  year,  the  City  Coun- 
cil shall  elect  one  of  its  members  to  act  as  Mayor,  who  shall 
possess  all  the  rights  and  powers  of  the  Mayor  until  the  next 
annual  election,  and  until  his  successor  is  elected  and  qualified. 

Sec.  7.  He  shall  have  power  to  remove  any  officer  ap- 
pointed by  him,  on  any  formal  charge,  whenever  he  shall  be  of 
the  opinion  that  the  interests  of  the  city  demand  such  removal, 
but  he  shall  report  the  reasons  for  such  removal  to  the  City 
Council,  at  a  meeting  to  be  held  not  less  than  five  days,  nor 
more  than  ten  days  after  such  removal;  and  if  the  Mayor  shall 
fail  or  refuse  to  file  with  the  City  Clerk,  a  statement  of  the  rea- 
sons for  such  removal,  or  if  the  City  Council  by  a  two-thirds 
vote  of  all  its  members  authorized  by  law  to  be  elected,  by  yeas 
and  nays  be  entered  upon  its  record,  disapprove  of  such  re- 
moval, such  officer  shall  thereupon  become  restored  to  the 
office  from  which  he  was  removed,  but  he  shall  give  new  bonds 
and  take  a  new  oath  of  office. 

Sec.  8.  The  Mayor  shall,  annually,  and  from  time  to 
time,  give  the  City  Council  information  relative  to  the  affairs 
of  the  city,  and  shall  recommend  for  their  consideration  such 
measures  as  he  may  deem  expedient. 


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CHAPTER  XX\'III. 

MEATS    AND    PROVISIONS. 

SECTION— 

1.  Penalty  for  killing  diseased  animals. 

2.  Selling  flesh  of  diseased  animals. 

3.  Other   unwholesome   provisions. 

4.  Displaying  fruit,  etc.,  on  benches. 

5.  Inspectors  of  meat  and  provisions. 

Section  i.  Whoever  shall  slaughter  within  said  city,  or 
within  one  mile  of  the  limits  thereof,  any  emaciated,  sick,  sore, 
bruised,  wounded,  diseased  or  disordered  animal,  or  any  ani- 
mal which  has  been  within  twenty-four  hours  next  before  the 
time  of  slaughtering-  excessively  driven,  so  as  to  become 
heated,  or  any  calf  under  four  weeks  old,  or  any  female  animal 
far  gone  with  young,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  2.  Whoever  shall  sell,  ofifer  to  sell,  or  keep  or  ex- 
pose for  sale  within  said  City,  any  emaciated,  sick,  crippled, 
sore,  bruised,  wounded,  diseased  or  disordered  animal,  with  in- 
tent that  the  same  shall,  while  in  such  condition,  be 
slaughtered  for  food,  or  shall  sell,  ofifer  to  sell,  keep  or  expose 
for  sale  within  said  City  the  flesh  of  any  such  animal,  or  any 
tainted  or  unwholesome  fresh  meat,  or  the  flesh  of  any  animal 
coming  to  its  death  naturally,  or  by  any  means  other  than  the 
usual  mode  of  slaughtering  animals  for  food  or  the  flesh  of 
any  calf  slaughtered  under  the  age  of  four  weeks,  or  any  fe- 
male animal  which  at  the  time  of  slaughtering  was  far  goqe 
with  young,  shall  for  each  or  either  of  said  offenses  be  subject 
to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than 
two  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  3.  Whoever  shall  sell,  expose  or  ofifer  for  sale  any 
sick  or  diseased  fowl,  bird,  game,  poultry  or  fish  after  the 
same  has  become  tainted,  decayed  or  unwholesome  from  any 
cause,  or  the  flesh  of  any  animal,  fowl,  bird,  game  or  fish  not 
used  or  deemed  wholesome  for  food,  or  any  tainted,  decayed, 
unsound  or  unwholesome  provisions  or  articles  of  food  of  any 
kind  whatever,  or  any  adulterated  or  pernicious  drink  or 
liquors,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dol- 
lars nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  ofifense. 


Ordinances  of  the;  city  of  urbana. 


Sec.  4.  Whoever,  as  a  merchant,  grocer,  butcher  or 
huckster,  shall  display,  exhibit  or  temporarily  store  in  front  of 
his  place  of  business  any  fruit,  vegetable  or  farinaceous  article 
of  commerce,  unless  the  same  be  so  exhibited,  displayed  or 
temporarily  stored  upon  a  bench  or  platform  erected  at  least 
one  foot  and  eight  inches  above  the  level  of  the  sidewalk,  shall 
be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  one  dollar  nor  more 
than  twenty-five  dollars. 

Sec.  5.  Every  member  of  the  police  department,  and  all 
members  of  the  board  of  health  of  said  city,  are  hereby  made 
and  constituted  ex-ofBcio  inspectors  of  meat  and  provisions, 
in  and  for  said  City.  Every  such  officer  shall  be  entitled  on 
demand  made  by  him,  to  see  and  inspect  any  fresh  meat  which 
any  butcher  or  other  person  may  keep  or  have  on  hand  within 
the  city,  as  well  as  any  live  animal  obtained  or  designed  by  any 
butcher  or  other  person  for  slaughter.  Such  officer  shall  also 
have  the  right  to  see  and  inspect  all  fowls,  game,  birds, 
poultry  or  fish,  as  well  as  all  other  kinds  of  meat  and  all  kinds 
of  provisions,  including  fruits  and  milk,  which  shall  be  kept 
on  hand  or  exposed  or  offered  for  sale  by  any  butcher, 
huckster,  grocer,  milkman,  dealer  or  other  person.  And  any 
person  who  shall  refuse  to  permit  such  inspection,  on  demand 
made  on  him,  or  shall  hinder  or  delay  such  officer  in  making 
the  same,  or  shall  give  false  answers  to  any  questions  asked  by 
such  officer  touching  any  fresh  meat  or  any  animal  intended 
for  slaughter,  shall,  in  either  case,  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  three  dollars,  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 
And  upon  such  inspection,  if  such  officer  shall  find  any  of  the 
articles  enumerated  in  this  section  unwholesome  or  unfit  for 
use  as  icod,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  officer  to  condemn  the 
sanie  and  notify  the  owner  thereof,  or  the  person  having 
charge  of  the  same,  to  remove  or  withdraw  the  same  from 
sale,  and  upon  the  failure  or  refusal  of  such  person  to  withdraw 
such  article  from  the  market,  it  shall  then  be  the  duty  of  such 
cfficer  to  prosecute  such  person  for  a  violation  of  this  chapter. 


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CHAPTER  XXIX. 

MILKMEN. 

SECTION— 

1.  Provides  for  licensing  the  sale  of  milk. 

2.  Provides  penalty  for  violation  of  section  one. 

3.  Requires   name   of  milkman   on  wagon. 

4.  Selling  by  employe — penalty. 

5.  Selling  milk  adulterated  or  from  sick  or  diseased  cow. 
Section  i.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Urbana,  to  sell, 
expose  for  sale,  or  deliver  milk  from  any  wagon,  cart  or  other 
vehicle,  unless  he  or  they  shall  have  first  obtained  a  license  to 
carry  on  such  business.  The  Mayor  is  hereby  authorized  to 
isrsue  a  license  for  such  purpose  to  any  person  applying  for  the 
same,  which  said  license  shall  also  be  signed  by  the  City  Clerk 
who  shall  affix  the  seal  of  the  city  thereto.  Such  application 
shall  specify  the  number  of  wagons,  carts  or  other  vehicle  in- 
tended to  be  employed  in  the  sale  or  delivery  of  milk,  and  the 
applicant  shall  pay  to  the  City  Clerk  a  license  fee  of  ten  dollars 
per  annum  for  each  and  every  such  wagon,  cart  or  other  ve- 
hicle, and  for  each  hand  cart  the  sum  of  five  dollars  per  annum. 
The  number  of  wagons,  carts  or  other  vehicles  authorized  by 
any  license  to  be  so  employed  may  be  enlarged  upon  a  further 
written  application  to  the  Mayor,  and  the  payment  of  the 
above  named  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  every  such  additional 
wagon  or  other  vehicle,  and  five  dollars  for  each  additional 
hand  cart,  per  annum. 

Sec.  2.  Any  person  who  violates  the  provisions  of  section 
one  of  this  chapter  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
ten  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  3.  Every  person  licensed  to  sell  milk  shall  cause  his 
name  to  be  legibly  painted  or  placed  on  each  wagon  or  other 
vehicle  used  by  him  in  said  business.  Any  person  violating 
the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each 
day  he  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  place  his  name  on  such  wagon 
or  vehicle,  after  being  requested  so  to  do  by  the  Mayor  or  any 
police  officer. 

Sec.  4.     Whoever,  as  driver,  agent    or    employe    of    the 


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owner  of  any  such  wagon,  cart  or  other  vehicle  used  in  the  sale 
or  delivery  of  milk  as  aforesaid,  or  as  the  employe  or  agent  of 
the  owner  of  the  milk  so  sold  or  delivered,  shall  drive  any  such 
wagon,  cart  or  other  vehicle  or  shall  sell  or  deliver  milk 
aforesaid,  without  his  employer  having  a  license  as  required  by 
section  one  of  this  chapter,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars 
for  each  offense. 

Sec.  5.  Whoever  shall  sell  or  offer  to  sell  any  milk 
adulterated  with  water,  or  with  any  other  liquid  or  substance, 
or  any  milk  produced  from  any  sick  or  diseased  cow,  shall  for 
each  offense  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars.  Any  police  officer  is  here- 
by authorized  and  empowered  to  seize  and  destroy  any  and  all 
such  milk  sold  or  offered  for  sale. 


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CHAPTER  XXX. 

MISDEMEANORS. 
SECTION— 

1.  Unlawful  assemblies. 

2.  Assaults — fighting. 

3.  Disorderly  conduct. 

4.  Drunkenness. 

5.  Disturbing  funeral. 

6.  Disturbing  school,  etc. 

7.  Open  lewdness. 

8.  Disturbing  peace  of  neighborhood  or  family. 

9.  Disturbing  religious  assembly. 

10.  Giving  false  alarm  of  fire  and  cry  for  assistance. 

11.  Abet  or  encourage  unlawful  act. 

12.  Obscene  writing  or  figure. 

13.  Obstruction  of  pul  ic  or  private  ways. 

14.  Advertising  wares  on  fences  or  other   private   property   with- 

out permit. 

15.  Gambling. 

1§.  Obscene  books,  pictures,  etc. 

17.  Visiting,  patronizing  bawdy  house,  or  house  of  ill  fame. 

18.  Disturbing  peace  on  Sunday  by  amusements,  etc. 

19.  Keeping  open  billiard  rooms,  shooting   galleries,    or   otht  •   lil  ; 

place,  etc. 

20.  Injury  to  telegraph,  telephone  poles  or  ele  ;tric  lights. 

21.  Posting  bills,  etc.,  on  telegraph  and  other  poles. 

22.  Injuring  public  or  private  property. 

23.  Carrying  away  cap  or  lid  of  gas,  water  systems,  etc. 

24.  Leaving  horse  or  team  unhitched. 

25.  Fast  driving. 

26.  Indecently  exhibiting  stallion,  etc. 

27.  Lottery — lottery   ticket. 

28.  Keeping  house  of  ill-fame,  disorderly  house,  etc. 

29.  Inmate,  or  supporting  house  of  ill-fame.  etc. 

30.  Soliciting,   hiring  females  for  prostitution. 

31.  Permitting  gambling  on  premises  owned,  occupied,  etc. 

32.  Indecent  exposure. 

33.  Leaving  cellar-door,  cistern,  etc.,  open. 

34.  Contractor  leaving  excavation  unguarded. 

35.  Vagrants. 

36.  Selling  diseased  flesh,  fish,  milk,  etc. 

37.  Permitting  unlawful  assembly. 

38.  Hitching  horses  to  trees,  fences,  etc. 

39.  Vehicles  turn  to  right. 

40.  Swindling  device— sleeping  in  barn,  etc.— vagrancy. 

41.  Sale  of  poison. 

42.  Injuring  public  buildings,  fences,  etc.,  or  carrying  away  or  in- 

juring plants,  etc.,  in  parks  or  parking. 

43.  Using  false  weights  and  measures. 

44.  Drinking  in  public. 

45.  Obstructing  thoroughfares. 

46.  Keeping  common  gaming  house,  etc. 


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47.  Causing  or  maintaining  a  nuisance— offal,  filth,  etc. 

48.  Firing  cannon,  guns,  etc. 

49.  Cruelty  to  animals. 

50.  Aiding,  abetting  rescue  or  escape  of  prisoner. 

51.  Falsely  representing  an  officer. 

52.  Refusal  of  citizen  to  act  when  deputized. 

53.  Removal  of  dirt  from  street,  alley  or  avenue. 

54.  Practicing  sleight-of-hand,   etc. 

55.  Removing  stake,  post  or  corner  stone. 

56.  Burning  waste  paper,  etc. 

57.  Concealed  weapons. 

58.  Giving  or  selling  concealed  weapon  to  minor. 

59.  Gunpowder. 

60.  Building  not  to  obstruct  street,  alley  or  sidewalk. 

61.  Removal  of  building  encroaching  on  street,  etc. 

62.  Written  permit  to  remove  building  across  street,   etc. 

63.  Obstructing  street,  alley  or  sidewalk  with  goods,  etc. 

64.  Contractor  not  to  obstruct  street  or  alley. 

65.  Steam  engines  on  paved  streets. 

66.  Obstructing  street  crossing. 

67.  Water  from  buildings  upon  sidewalk. 

68.  Unloading  coal   on  sidewalk. 

69.  Boys  climbing  on  wagons,  etc. 

70.  Bonfires,  etc. 

71.  Throwing  stones,   etc. 

72.  Loitering  about  railways  or  grounds. 

73.  Obstructing  water  course. 

74.  Jumping,  climbing  upon  or  catching  hold  of  any  railroad  car 

or  street  car. 

75.  Scaring  horses. 

76.  Weighing  of  gunpowder — kerosene  or  gasoline. 

77.  Orange  peel,  banana,  etc. 

78.  Bill  boards — when  a  nuisance. 

79.  Accessories,  etc. 

80.  Prostitutes   loitering   on   streets,  etc. 

81.  Prohibits  boys  from  loitering  about  churches,  etc. 

82.  Driving  unhaltered  horses  or  mules  through  the  streets. 

83.  Dog  fighting— cock  fighting— prize  fight. 

84.  Rubber  slings,  etc. 

85.  Throwing  glass,  tacks,  nails,   cans  and  rubbish  on  street,  etc. 

86.  Driving  over  gutters,  curbing,  parking  and  walks  of  Univer- 

sity of  Illinois. 

87.  Resisting  an  officer. 

Section  i.  Any  two  or  more  persons  who  shall  assemble 
for  the  purpose  of  disturbing  the  peace,  or  of  committing  an 
unlawful  act,  and  who  shall  not  disperse  when  commanded  or 
requested  by  any  peace  officer,  shall  each  and  severally  be  sub- 
ject to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than 
one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  2.     Whoever  shall  assault,  strike  or  fight  another,  or 


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shall  be  guilty  of  any  conduct  calculated  to  provoke  a  breach 
of  the  peace,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  3.  Whoever  shall  disturb  the  peace,  or  shall  be 
guilty  of  any  violent,  tumultuous,  offensive  or  disorderly  con- 
duct, or  shall  make  any  loud  or  unusual  noise  or  disturbance, 
or  shall  use  obscene,  offensive,  profane  or  unseemly  language, 
to  the  annoyance,  disturbance  or  vexation  of  othe'rs,  shall  be 
subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  4.  Whoever  shall  be  found  in  a  state  of  intoxication 
in  any  .street,  alley  or  other  public  place,  or  so  found,  disturb- 
ing the  peace  of  the  public,  or  of  his  own  or  another  family,  in 
any  private  building  or  place,  shall,  for  the  first  offense  be  sub- 
ject to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than 
twenty-five  dollars.  And  upon  any  subsequent  conviction 
shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
more  than  fifty  dollars. 

Sec.  5.  Whoever  willfully  interrupts  or  disturbs  a  funeral 
assembly  or  procession  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not 
less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  6.  Whoever  willfully  interrupts  or  disturbs  any 
school  or  other  assembly  of  people  met  for  a  lawful  purpose, 
shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  7.  Whoever  shall  be  guilty  of  open  lewdness,  or 
other  notorious  act  of  public  indecency,  tending  to  debauch 
the  public  morals,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
tin-ce  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  8.  Whoever  willfully  disturbs  the  peace  and  quiet  of 
any  neighborhood  or  family  by  loud  or  unusual  noises  or  of- 
fensive carriage,  threatening,  traducing,  quarreling,  challeng- 
ing to  fight  or  fighting,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  9.  Whoever  by  menace,  profane  swearing,  vulgar 
language,  or  any  disorderly  or  unusual  conduct,  interrupts  or 
disturbs  any  assembly  of  people  met  for  the  worship  of  God, 
shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 


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Sec.  lo.  Whoever  shall  make  a  false  alarm  of  fire,  or  any 
false  cry  for  assistance,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  II.  Whoever  shall  aid  in.  abet  or  encourage  any 
unlawful  act,  or  any  violation  of  any  ordinance  of  the  city, 
shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor 
more  than_one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  12.  Whoever  shall  in  any  place  open  to  public  view, 
write,  mark,  draw  or  cut  any  obscene,  lewd  or  indecent  word, 
sentence,  design  or  figure,  or  shall  paste,  paint  or  exhibit  any 
lewd,  obscene  or  indecent  sign  or  bill,  shall  be  subject  to  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars. 

Sec.  13.  Whoever  shall  obstruct  or  encroach  upon  any 
public  highway,  private  way,  street,  alley  or  any  way  to  any 
burying  place  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Ur- 
bana,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  keeping  and  maintaining  a 
public  nuisance  and  shall  for  the  first  offense  be  subject  to  a 
penalty  of  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  and  shall  for 
each  succeeding  offense  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  exceed- 
ing two  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  14.  Whoever  shall  advertise  his  wares  or  occupa- 
tion by  painting  notices  of  the  same  on  or  affixing  them  to 
fences  or  trees  or  other  private  property,  or  on  rocks  or  other 
natural  objects,  without  permission  of  the  owner  thereof  or 
the  proper  authorities,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  erecting  and 
maintaining  a  public  nuisance  and  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty 
of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dol- 
lars. 

Sec.  15.  Whoever  shall  play  for  money,  or  other  valu- 
able thing,  or  at  any  game  with  cards,  dice,  checks,  or  billiards, 
or  with  any  other  article,  instrument  or  thing  whatsoever, 
which  may  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  playing  or  betting  upon, 
or  winning  or  losing  money  or  any  other  thing  or  article  of 
value,  or  shall  bet  on  any  other  game  which  others  may  be 
playing,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty- 
five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  16.  Whoever  shall  exhibit,  sell,  or  offer  to  sell  any 
indecent,  obscene  or  lewd  book,  picture,  statue  or  other  thing. 


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or  shall  exhibit  or  perform  any  indecent,  obscene  or  lewd  play, 
exhibition  or  other  representations,  shall  be  subject  to  a  pen- 
alty of  not  less  than  twenty-five  ($25.00)  dollars  nor  more  than 
two  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  17.  Whoever  shall  visit,  patronize  or  frequent  any 
disorderly,  gaming  or  bawdy  house,  house  of  ill-fame,  house 
of  assignation,  or  any  place  for  the  practice  of  fornication, 
shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  18.  Whoever  shall,  on  Sunday,  disturb  the  peace 
or  good  order  of  society  by  any  play  or  amusement,  or  loud  or 
unusual  noises,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
three  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  19.  Whoever  shall  on  Sunday  keep  open  any  bill- 
iard room,  shooting  gallery,  ball  or  pin  alley,  house,  ground, 
or  other  place  of  amusement  or  play,  or  shall  suffer  or  permit 
persons  to  assemble  therein  for  the  purpose  of  amusement  or 
play,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars 
nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  20.  Whoever  shall  cut,  break,  mark,  or  in  any  man- 
ner damage  or  injure  any  telegraph  post  or  telegraph  wire,  or 
any  telephone  post  or  wire,  electric  light  and  street  car  poles 
or  wires,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dol- 
lars nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  21.  That  any  person  who  shall,  without  permission 
from  the  City  Council  attach  in  any  manner  any  bill,  advertise- 
ment, notice  or  sign  to  or  upon  any  telegraph,  telephone  or 
electric  light  pole  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  Urbana,  shall 
be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  22.  Whoever  shall  willfully,  or  maliciously  break, 
deface,  destroy,  or  otherwise  injure  any  public  property  of  the 
city,  or  any  private  property  of  any  person,  shall  be  subject  to 
a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hun- 
dred dollars. 

Sec.  23.  Whoever  shall  willfully  remove,  destroy  or 
carry  away  any  cap  or  lid,  connected  with  or  attached  to  the 
water  service,  or  sewerage  or  drainage  system  of  the  city  or 
placed  upon  the  service  box  of  gas  companies,  upon  sidewalks 


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or  public  grounds  of  the  city,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  24.  Whoever  shall  leave  any  horse  or  mule,  or  any 
team,  in  any  uninclosed  or  public  place  without  being  fastened, 
guarded  or  secured  so  as  to  prevent  its  running  away,  shall  be 
subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  25.  Whoever  shall  rapidly  or  immoderately  ride 
or  drive,  or  race  any  bicycle,  horse  or  mule,  or  other  like  ani- 
mals, or  any  team  in  or  upon  any  street  or  alley  in  the  in- 
habitated  part  of  the  city,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not 
less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  26.     Whoever  shall  indecently    exhibit    any    horse, 
bull,  jackass  or  other  animal,  in  any  public  place  open  to  pub 
lie  view,  or  shall  let  any  such  animal  perform  service  except  in 
some  inclosed  place  out  of  public  view,  shall  be  subject  to  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

Sec.  27.  Whoever  shall  set  up  any  lo|tery  or  game  of 
chance,  or  shall  sell  or  dispose  of  for  gain  any  ticket,  chance 
or  share  in  any  lottery  or  game  of  chance,  shall  be  subject  to  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  28.  Whoever  shall  keep  or  maintain  any  disorderly, 
gaming  or  bawdy  house,  or  house  of  ill-fame,  house  of  assig- 
nation, or  any  place  for  the  practice  of  fornication;  or  who 
shall  knowingly  rent  or  lease  to  another,  suffer  or  permit  any 
premises  owned  or  controlled  or  occupied  by  him  or  her  for 
and  such  purpose,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  29.  Whoever  shall  be  an  inmate  of,  or  connected 
with  or  contribute  to  the  support  of  any  disorderly,  gaming,  or 
bawdy  house,  or  house  of  ill-fame,  or  house  of  assignation,  or 
any  place  for  the  practice  of  fornication,  shall  be  subject  to  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hun- 
dred dollars. 

Sec.  30.  Whoever  shall  solicit,  or  shall  coax,  hire,  per- 
suade or  induce,  any  female  or  any  prostitute,  to  go  to  his 
sleeping-room,  or  into  any  business  house,  or  office,  or  other 
place  of  business,  or  to  go  into  any  park  or  public  ground,  or 


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into  any  car,  or  into  any  alley  way  or  street,  or  to  any  private 
or  secluded  place  for  the  purpose  of  fornication,  adultery  or 
prostitution,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  31.  Whoever  shall  knowingly  suffer  or  permit  any 
species  of  gaming  for  money  or  any  other  thing  or  article  of 
value,  or  for  any  check  or  other  thing  or  article  intended  to 
represent  the  same,  in  any  house  or  premises  owned  or  occu- 
pied bv  him,  under  his  control,  or  shall  keep  or  have  in  his 
possession  any  gaming  implements  for  the  purpose  of  gaming 
therewith,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty- 
five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  of- 
fense. 

Sec.  32.  Whoever  shall  publicly  make  any  indecent  ex- 
posure of  his  or  her  person,  or  shall  appear  in  a  dress  not  be- 
longing to  his  or  her  sex,  or  in  any  indecent  or  lewd  dress,  or 
in  a  state  of  nudity,  or  shall  be  guilty  of  any  other  indecent  or 
lewd  act  or  behavior,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  33.  Whoever  shall  leave  open  any  cellar,  cellar- 
door,  vault,  well,  cistern,  excavation,  ditch  or  other  like  hole 
upon  or  a  Ijoining  any  street,  alley  or  sidewalk,  without  pro- 
tecting and  securing  the  same,  so  as  not  to  endanger  the 
safety  of  persons  or  animals  passing  thereby,  shall  be  subject 
to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  34.  Any  contractor  for  any  public  or  private  work, 
officer  or  other  person,  making  any  excavation  upon  or  ad- 
joining any  street,  alley  or  sidewalk,  or  having  the  same  in 
charge,  who  shall  in  the  night  time  leave  the  same  open  and 
unprotected  so  as  to  endanger  the  safety  of  persons  or  ani- 
mals passing  thereby  and  falling  therein,  shall  be  subject  to  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dol- 
lars. 

Sec.  35.  Any  person  able  to  work  and  maintain  himself 
in  some  honest  and  respectable  calling,  not  having  visible 
means  of  support,  wh6  shall  idly  without  employment,  loiter 
or  stroll  about  begging,  or  frequent  gaming  houses,  tippling 
houses,  or  places  where  intoxicating  liquors  are  sold,  or  shall 


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Otherwise  lead  an  idle  or  profligate  course  of  life  shall  be 
deemed  a  vagrant  and  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  36.  Whoever  shall  knowingly  sell,  expose  or  ofifer 
for  sale  any  sick  or  diseased  animals,  poultry  or  fish,  to  be 
used  or  eaten  for  food,  or  the  flesh  of  any  sick  or  diseased  or 
otherwise  unwholesome  dead  animal,  poultry  or  fish,  or  the 
flesh  of  any  animal,  fowl  or  fish,  not  usually  used  or  deemed 
wholesome  for  food,  or  any  unwholesome  provisions  or  ar- 
ticles of  food  whatever,  or  any  adulterated  or  pernicious  milk, 
drink  or  liquors,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
ten  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  in  each  case. 

Sec.  37.  Whoever  shall  knowingly  suffer  or  permit  any 
assemblage  for  the  purpose  of  disturbing  the  peace,  or  of  com- 
mitting any  unlawful  act,  or  any  breach  of  the  peace,  or  any 
riotous,  tumultuous,  offensive  or  disorderly  conduct,  or  any 
loud  or  unusual  noise  or  disturbance,  or  obscene,  oflfensive, 
profane  or  unseemly  language,  to  the  annoyance,  disturbance 
or  vexatijn  of  others,  in  or  upon  any  premises  owned  or  oc- 
cupied by  him,  under  his  control,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty 
of  not  less  than  three  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  38.  Whoever  shall,  without  the  consent  of  the  owner 
or  occupant  of  the  premises,  fasten  any  horse  or  other  animal 
to  any  fence,  railing  or  tree,  or  to  any  boxing  placed  around 
any  tree,  or  shall  willfully,  maliciously  or  negligently  in  any 
manner  injure  or  destroy  any  ornamental  or  shade  tree,  or 
boxing  around  the  same,  or  any  shrub,  fence,  railing,  gate  or 
sign  upon  any  public  grounds,  sidewalk  or  private  premises  or 
shall  trespass  upon  any  private  or  public  grounds,  and  injure, 
carry  away  or  destroy  any  tree,  fruit,  vegetable,  plant,  shrub  or 
other  thing  which  may  be  therein  for  ornament  or  otherwise, 
shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  39.  All  persons  meeting  each  other  in  vehicles  in 
the  streets  or  alleys,  or  in  any  public  place,  or  upon  or  near 
any  bridge,  shall,  unless  the  nature  or  state  of  the  roadway  or 
passway  rhall  render  it  impracticable,  each  turn  and  drive  to 
the  right  side,  so  as  to  pass  each  other  without  accident  or  in- 
jury.    Whoever  shall  violate  the  requirements  of  this  section 


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shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor 
more  than  twenty-five  dollars. 

Sec.  40.  Any  person  who  shall  have  in  his  possession 
any  implement  or  device  used  for  cheating  or  swindling,  with- 
out being  able  to  give  a  good  account  of  his  possession  of  the 
same,  or  who  shall  trespass  upon  private  property  in  the  night 
time,  sleep  in  stables,  outhouses  or  in  the  open  air  without  be- 
ing able  to  give  a  good  account  of  himself  or  herself,  shall  be 
deemed  a  vagrant,  and  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  41.  Whoever  shall  keep,  sell  or  deliver  any  poison 
usually  known  or  used  as  deadly  poison,  without  legibly 
marking  the  name  thereof,  or  the  word  "poison"  upon  the  vial, 
wrapper  or  other  enclosure  containing  the  same;  or  whoever 
shall  sell  or  deliver  any  arsenic,  strychnine,  prussic  acid,  or 
other  poison  actually  known  or  used  as  a  deadly  poison,  to  any 
person  known  to  him  without  registering  the  name  of  such 
person  and  the  kind  and  quantity  of  the  poison  sold  or  de- 
livered, and  the  purpose  for  which  the  same  was  obtained;  or, 
whoever  shall  sell  or  deliver  any  such  poison  to  any  person  to 
him  unknown,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  in  each  case.  But  the  sale 
or  delivery  of  any  such  poison  as  a  medicine,  upon  the  pre- 
scription of  a  practicing  physician,  shall  not  be  deemed  a 
violation  of  this  section. 

Sec.  42.  Whoever  shall  willfully  or  carelessly  break  any 
street  lamp,  or  city  pump,  well  or  cistern,  or  in  any  manner 
damage  the  same,  or  shall  cut,  carve,  peel,  bark  or  deface,  or  in 
any  manner  injure  any  tree,  shrub,  plant  or  flower  in  any 
street,  park  or  public  ground,  or  in  any  manner  cut,  mark, 
carve,  deface  or  damage  any  pavilion,  or  any  building  of  any 
kind  or  nature  in  any  park  or  public  ground,  or  any  building 
belonging  to  the  City  of  Urbana,  or  shall  in  any  manner  cut, 
mark,  carve,  deface,  injure  or  damage  any  church  or  school 
house,  or  any  fence  enclosing  any  church  or  school  grounds, 
or  any  paik  or  public  ground,  or  damage  or  destroy,  or  take, 
or  carry  away  any  tree,  shrub,  plant,  flower,  or  any  vase  of 
statuary,  in  any  public  ground  or  park,  shall  be  subject  to  a 


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penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hun- 
dred dollars. 

Sec.  43.  Whoever  shall  knowingly  use  any  false  scales, 
beam,  weight  or  measure,  in  the  purchase  or  sale,  receipt  or 
delivery  of  any  goods,  article  or  property,  purchased  or  sold, 
received  or  delivered,  by  weight  or  measure;  or  shall  use  any 
weight  or  measure  for  the  purchase  or  sale,  receipt  or  delivery 
of  any  goods,  article  or  property,  purchased  or  sold,  received  or 
delivered,  by  weight  or  measure,  knowing  the  same  to  be  ma- 
terially inaccurate  and  dififerent  from  the  standard  prescribed 
by  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  or  shall  sell  or  deliver  any 
goods,  article  or  property,  sold  or  delivered  by  weight  or  meas 
ure,  and  purporting  to  be  a  certain  weight  or  measure,  know- 
ing the  same  to  be  materially  less  than  the  true  weight  or 
measure  for  which  the  same  was  sold  or  delivered,  shall  be 
subject  *^o  <  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than 
two  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  44.  If  two  or  more  persons  shall  assemble  together, 
or  who,  being  together,  shall  in  any  public  place,  or  in  any 
place  open  to  public  view,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
City  of  Urbana,  drink  any  vinous,  spirituous,  fermented, 
mixed,  malt,  or  other  intoxicating  liquors  of  any  kind  what- 
ever, they  shall  be  deemed  and  hereby  declared  guilty  of  creat- 
ing a  nuisance,  and  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  ofTense. 

Sec.  45.  No  person  shall  incumber  or  obstruct  any 
street,  alley  or  sidewalk  so  as  to  hinder,  delay  or  render  pas- 
sage along  the  same  difficult  or  unsafe,  either  by  piling  up 
boxes,  building  materials,  or  in  any  other  manner  whatsoever, 
except  by  permission  of  the  Mayor  or  Superintendent  of 
Streets.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dol- 
lars nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  ^6.  Whoever  keeps  a  common  gaming  house  or  in 
any  building,  booth,  yard  or  garden  either  by  him  or  his  agent 
used  and  occupied,  procures  or  permits  any  person  to  fre- 
quent or  to  come  together  for  the  purpose  of  playing  for 
money  or  other  valuable  thing,  at  any  game,  or  keeps  or  suf- 
fers to  be  kept  any  tables  or  other  apparatus,  for  the  purpose 


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of  playing  at  any  game  or  games  of  sport,  for  money  or  other 
valuable  thing,  or  knowingly  rents  any  such  place  for  such 
purposes  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty- 
five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each 
offense. 

Sec.  47.  Whoever  shall  cause  or  sufifer  the  carcass  of  any 
animal  or  any  ofifal,  filth  or  noisome  substance  to  be  collected, 
deposited  or  remain  in  any  place,  to  the  prejudice  of  others;  or 
whoever  shall  throw  or  deposit  ofifal  or  other  offensive  matter, 
or  the  carcass  of  any  animal  in  any  water  course,  lake,  pond 
on  spring,  well  or  common  sewer,  street  or  alley,  shall  be 
guilty  of  keeping  and  maintaining  a  nuisance,  and  upon  con- 
viction tliereof  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
ten  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  and 
every  offense. 

Sec.  48.  Whoever  within  the  inhabited  portion  of  the 
city,  shall  fire  or  discharge  any  cannon,  gun  or  pistol,  or  other 
fire  arms,  or  shall  set  off  or  explode  any  torpedo,  fire- 
crackers, fire-ball,  or  rocket,  or  other  fireworks,  what- 
ever, shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars.  But  the 
setting  or  exploding  off  of  any  fireworks  upon  national  holi- 
days, and  the  celebration  of  other  public  and  general  events, 
and  upon  rally  days,  or  the  discharge  of  firearms  by  any  mili- 
tary company  when  on  parade  and  in  accordance  with  the 
command  of  the  commanding  officer,  or  by  the  command  or 
permission  of  any  city  officer,  or  person  in  the  discharge  of  any 
legal  duty  or  lawful  act,  when  the  same  may  be  required  as  a 
necessity  or  act  of  usefulness,  and  is  done  in  such  a  manner  as 
not  to  endanger  the  safety  of  any  person,  or  the  injury  of  any 
property,  or  any  officer  in  discharge  of  his  duties,  shall  not  be 
deemed  violations  of  this  chapter. 

Sec.  49.  Wheoevcr  shall  be  guilty  of  cruelty  to  any  ani- 
mal by  overloading,  overdriving,  overworking,  cruelly  beat- 
ing, mutilating,  or  cruelly  killing  any  animal,  or  causing  or 
knowingly  allowing  the  same  to  be  done;  or  cruelly  working 
any  old,  maimed,  infirm,  sick  or  disabled  animal,  or  causing 
or  knowingly  allowing  the  same  to  be  done;  or  by  unneces- 
sarily failing  to  provide  any  animal  in  his  charge  or  control  as 


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owner  or  otherwise,  with  proper  drink,  food  and  shelter,  or 
abandoning  any  old,  maimed,  infirm,  sick  or  disabled  animal, 
or  by  driving,  or  by  causing  to  be  driven,  or  kept,  any  animal 
in  an  unnecessary  or  cruel  manner,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty 
of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  50.  Whoever  shall  aid,  abet,  or  encourage  the  res- 
cue or  escape  from  prison  of  any  person  legally  committed 
thereto,  or  shall  supply  or  attempt  to  supply,  any  such  person 
with  any  weapon  or  intoxicating  liquors,  or  with  any  imple- 
ment or  means  of  escape  while  in  prison  or  in  the  legal  custody 
of  any  officer  of  the  City  of  Urbana,  shall  for  each  and  every 
ofifense  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty  dollars 
nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  51.  Whoever  shall  falsely  represent  himself  to  be  an 
officer  of  said  city,  or  shall,  without  being  duly  authorized,  ex- 
ercise, or  attempt  to  exercise  any  of  the  duties,  functions  or 
powers  of  a  city  officer,  or  shall  hinder,  obstruct,  resist  or 
otherwise  interfere  with  any  city  officer  in  the  discharge  of  his 
official  duties,  or  attempt  to  rescue  from  any  such  officer  any 
person  in  his  custody,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  twenty  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for 
each  and  every  ofifense. 

Sec.  52.  Any  police  officer  of  the  said  city  shall  have  the 
power  to  call  upon  any  male  person  over  the  age  of  eighteen 
years  to  aid  him  in  the  arrest  or  in  retaking  or  taking  into  cus- 
tody of  any  person  having  committed  any  unlawful  act,  or  to 
aid  in  preventing  the  commission  of  any  unlawful  act,  and 
whoever  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  give  such  aid  or  assistance 
as  aforesail  when  so  requested  by  any  such  officer,  shall  be 
subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  fifty 
dollars. 

Sec.  53.  No  person  or  persons  shall  plow,  dig  up,  or  re- 
move any  dirt  from  or  excavate,  strip,  sap  or  undermine  any 
street,  alley,  or  avenue  or  public  ground  in  the  City  of  Urbana, 
without  the  written  consent  or  license  so  to  do  ofthe  City  Coun- 
cil, over  the  signature  of  the  Mayor.  Any  person  violating  the 
provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not 
less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for 
each  ofifense. 


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Sec.  54.  Any  person  who  shall  manage,  use  or  practice 
any  trick,  sleight-of-hand  game  or  device  whatever  with  intent 
of  winning  or  procuring  the  property  or  money  of  another  per- 
son or  with  intent  to  defraud  another  person,  by  inducing  him 
or  her  to  bet,  loan  or  deposit,  or  stake  money  or  other  prop- 
erty upon  the  result  of  such  game,  trick  or  device,  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  55.  Whoever  shall  willfully  change  or  remove  any 
stake,  post  or  stone  placed  or  set  to  designate  the  corner  or 
line  of  any  lot  or  tract  of  land,  street,  alley  or  sidewalk,  or  to 
show  the  grade  of  any  street,  alley  or  sidewalk,  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars,  nor  more  than 
two  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  56.  The  burning  of  waste  paper  or  other  rubbish 
within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Urbana,  between  the 
hours  of  eight  o'clock  p.  m.  and  six  o'clock  a.  m.,  is  hereby 
prohibited.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  two  dollars, 
nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars. 

Sec.  57.  Whoever  shall,  within  the  corporate  limits  of 
the  City  of  Urbana,  carry  any  concealed  weapon,  revolver,  pis- 
tol, dagger,  dirk-knife,  metalic  knuckles,  billy,  slung-shot,  or 
any  razor,  as  a  concealed  weapon,  upon  or  about  his  person, 
or  whoever,  in  a  threatening  or  boisterous  manner  shall  dis- 
play or  flourish  any  deadly  weapon,  shall  be  subject  to  a  pen- 
alty of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars,  nor  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  58.  Whoever,  not  being  the  father,  guardian  or  em- 
ployer of  a  minor,  by  himself  or  agent,  shall  sell,  give  loan, 
hire,  or  barter  to  any  minor  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
City  of  Urbana,  any  pistol,  revolver,  derringer,  bowie-knife, 
Guk  or  other  deadly  weapon  of  like  character,  capable  of  being 
secreted  upon  the  person,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not 
less  than  twenty-five  dollars,  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dol- 
lars for  each  offense. 

Sec.  59.     Any  person  who  shall  keep  on  hand,  in  or  about 
any  premises  used  or  occupied  by  him  in  any  one  place  of  busi-  ' 
ness,  for  sale  or  for  any  other  purpose,  a  greater  quantity  of 


104  ORDINANCES   O^  THE   CiTY   OF   URBANA. 

gunpowder  than  twenty-five  pounds,  within  the  corporate 
Hmits  of  the  City  of  Urbana,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each 
offense. 

Sec.  60.  No  person  shall  make  or  cause  to  be  made  any 
building  obstruction  or  enclosure  encroaching  in  whole  or  in 
part  upon  any  street,  alley  or  sidewalk,  under  a  penalty  of  not 
less  than  five  dollars,  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars,  and  an  addi- 
tional penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  for  each  day  the 
same  shall  remain  after  notice  from  the  Mayor  or  Superinten- 
dent of  Streets  to  remove  the  same. 

Sec.  61.  The  owner  of  any  building,  erection  or  encloseure 
already  erected  or  placed  or  encroaching  upon  any  street  or 
alley  or  sidewalk  who  shall  not  remove  the  same  after  thirty 
days'  notice  by  the  Mayor  so  to  do,  shall  be  subject  to  a  pen- 
alty of  not  less  than  ten  dollars,  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars,  and  an  additional  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars 
for  each  day  any  such  person  shall  fail  to  remove  the  same 
after  such  notice  so  to  do. 

Sec.  62.  No  person  shall  remove,  or  cause  to  be  re- 
moved, or  aid  in  removing,  any  building  through  or  across  any 
street  or  alley  of  the  City  of  Urbana,  without  the  written  per- 
mit of  the  Mayor;  nor  shall,  in  removing  such  building,  un- 
necessarily obstruct  any  street  or  alley,  nor  shall  any  such  per- 
son encumber  or  obstruct  any  such  street  or  alley  for  a  longer 
time  than  shall  be  necessary  in  the  prompt  and  diligent  re- 
moval of  such  building,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars,  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  63.  No  person  shall  obstruct  or  encumber  any 
street,  alley  or  sidewalk  or  any  portion  thereof  with  merchan- 
dise or  other  property  for  a  longer  time  than  may  be  reason  i- 
bly  necessary  for  the  purpose  of  loading  or  unloading  any  such 
merchandise  or  property  or  removing  the  same  therefrom, 
under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars,  nor  more  than 
twenty-five  dollars. 

Sec.  64.  No  contractor  or  other  person  shall  encumber 
or  obstruct  any  street  or  alley  with  materials  of  any  kind  or 
character  for  the  construction  of  any  building,  without  the 
consent  or  permit  of  the  Mayor  in  writing;  nor  shall  except  in 


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case  of  urgent  necessity  for  a  short  time  obstruct  more  than 
one-third  of  any  alley  or  street,  or  one  half  of  any  sidewalk; 
nor  shall  any  such  obstruction  continue,  in  any  case  for  a  lon- 
ger time  than  shall  be  necessary  in  the  diligent  and  prompt 
construction  of  such  building  or  execution  of  such  work. 
Whoever  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall 
be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars,  nor  more 
than  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  an  additional  penalty  of 
not  less  than  five  dollars  for  each  day  he  shall  continue  in 
violation  of  any  provisions  of  this  section. 

Sec.  65.  No  person  shall  propel  or  move  any  steam  en- 
gine through  any  portion  of  any  paved  street  except  to  cross 
said  paved  street  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  Urbana  with- 
out first  procuring  a  special  permit  from  the  Mayor,  and  shall 
then  move  or  propel  said  engine  only  as  specified  in  said  per- 
mit. Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall 
be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars,  nor  more 
than  twenty-five  dollars. 

Sec.  66.  Whoever  shall  obstruct  any  street  crossing  by 
unnecessarily  stopping  thereon  with  any  team,  vehicle  or  ani- 
mal, so  as  to  hinder  or  delay  persons  crossing  the  same,  shall 
be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  one  dollar,  nor  more 
than  twenty-five  dollars. 

Sec.  67.  Whoever  shall  suffer  or  permit  the  water  falling 
or  draining  from  any  building  owned  by  him,  or  under  his 
control,  to  fall  upon  or  spread  over  the  sidewalk  adjoining 
thereto,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dol- 
lars nor  more  than  fifty  dollars,  and  a  like  penalty  for  each  day 
he  shall  not  remedy  the  same,  after  notice  to  do  so  by  the 
Mayor  or  the  Superintendent  of  Streets. 

Sec.  68.  No  person  shall  unload,  throw  or  place  any  coal 
upon  any  sidewalk  of  said  city.  Whoever  shall  be  guilty  of  a 
violation  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  two  dc  liars  no  more  than  twenty  five  dollars. 

Sec.  69.  Any  boy  who  shall  get  into  or  upon,  or  cling  to, 
any  wagon  or  other  vehicle,  without  the  consent  of  the  owner 
thereof,  or  shall  otherwise  purposely  annoy  or  molest  any 
other  person,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  not  exceeding  ten 
dollars  in  each  case. 


106  ORDINANCEvS  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA. 

Sec.  70.  No  boy  or  person  shall,  in  the  inhabited  part  of 
the  city  ('^xcept  on  national  holidays  or  other  public  and  gen- 
eral celebrations)  make  or  kindle  any  bonfire,  or  fire,  explode 
or  set  off  any  fire-arms,  fire-balls,  fire-crackers,  torpedos, 
rcckets,  or  other  fire-works,  or  shall  otherwise  pursue  any 
amusement  or  exercise  calculated  to  impede  travel  or  frighten 
animals,  or  injure  or  annoy  persons  passing  along  the  streets, 
or  sidewalks,  imder  a  penalty  not  exceeding  five  dollars  in  each 
case. 

Sec.  71.  No  boy  or  other  person  shall  purposely  or 
heedlessly  cast  or  throw  any  stone  or  other  missile 
from  or  into  any  public  place,  or  at  any  person,  or  at,  upon, 
against,  ( r  into  any  building,  premises,  tree  or  other 
property,  or  shall  walk  upon  the  top  or  capping  of  any  fence 
or  railing,  or  climb  upon  the  same,  or  into  any  shade  or  orna- 
mental tree  upon  any  sidewalk  or  elsewhere,  without  the  con- 
sent of  the  owner  thereof,  or  shall  in  any  manner  injure,  de- 
face, or  destroy  any  building,  fence,  railing,  tree  or  other  prop- 
erty, or  shall  meddle  with  any  public  well,  cistern  or  pump, 
under  a  penalty  of  not  exceeding  ten  dollars  in  each  case. 

Sec.  7^'  Any  boy  or  other  person  who  shall,  by  idling 
around  the  depot  of  any  railway,  or  the  grounds  adjoming 
thereto  and  used  in  connection  therewith,  impede,  molest,  or 
obstruct  the  officers  or  employes,  or  any  of  them  engaged  in 
running  cars  or  locomotives  on  such  railroad,  or  in  prosecuting 
their  or  his  lawful  business  or  duties  connected  therewith,  and 
shall  not,  on  being  requested  so  to  do  by  any  such  officer  or 
employe,  or  any  policeman  of  this  city,  immediately  leave  such 
depot  or  grounds,  shall  be  subject  to. a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
three  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

Sec.  73.  Whoever  shall,  within  the  City  of  Urbana,  dam 
up  or  obstruct  or  change  the  natural  current  of  any  water 
course,  or  shall  dam  up  or  obstruct  any  ditch,  sewer,  drain  or 
culvert,  established  by  authority  of  the  City  Council,  to  the 
detriment  or  damage  of  any  street,  sidewalk  or  alley,  or  other 
premises,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not 
less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  74.  Any  boy  or  other  person  who  shall  jump  or 
climb  upon  or  catch  hold  of  and  hang  to  any  railroad  car  or 


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locomotive,  or  street  car  while  the  same  is  in  motion,  or  who 
shall  by  clinging  to  the  outside  of  or  climbing  or  getting  upon  any 
such  car  or  locomotive,  or  street  car  whether  in  motion  or  not 
at  the  time  of  the  clinging  to  or  climbing  or  getting  upon  the 
same,  attempt  to  ride  thereon  from  one  place  to  another  within 
the  city,  not  being  or  intending  to  become  a  passenger  on  such 
railroad,  by  the  train  with  which  such  car  or  locomotive  is  con- 
nected or  by  such  street  car  beyond  the  limits  of  the  city,  or 
from  one  station  to  another  on  such  railroad,  and  not  being  an 
ofificer  or  employe  of  the  person,  company  or  corporation 
operating  and  controlling  such  railroad,  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor,  and  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  three  dollars,  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

Sec.  75.  Whoever  shall,  by  riding  any  bicycle  in  the 
streets  or  or.  the  sidewalks  of  the  City  of  Urbana,  or  shall  by 
any  other  means  willfully  or  negligently  frighten  any  horse, 
mule  or  other  animal  being  at  the  time  ridden  by  any  person 
or  attached  to  any  vehicle,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not 
less  than  three  dollars,  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

Sec.  76.  Whoever  shall,  by  gaslight,  lamplight  or  any 
artificial  light,  weigh  any  gunpowder  or  gun-cotton,  or  draw 
any  kero.sene  oil  or  gasoline,  from  any  cask  or  barrel,  shal!  be 
subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  one  dollar  nor  more  tb  in 
fifty  doll  irs. 

Sec.  yj.  Whoever  shall  throw,  cast,  lay  or  place  on  any 
sidewalk  in  the  City  of  Urbana  the  rind  or  peel  of  any  orange, 
banana,  apple  or  other  fruit,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not 
less  than  one  dollar,  nor  more  than  ten  dollars. 

Sec.  7S.  Whoever  shall  erect,  keep  or  maintain  any  bill- 
board or  board  for  advertising  upon,  in  any  public  ground  or 
place,  or  upon  any  private  premises  adjacent  to  any  sidewalk, 
street  or  footway,  the  same  being  so  erected  as  to  occasion 
danger  or  inconvenience  to  the  public,  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  nuisance,  and  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars. 

Sec.  79.     Whoever    aids,    abets,  assists,    advises,    or    en- 
courages the  commission  of  any  act  prohibited  by  ordinance, 
or  by  any  indirect  means  procures  any  such  ofTense  to  be  com 
mitted,  or  whoever  commits  an  offense  through  the  interven- 


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tion  of  an  agent,  servant,  employee  or  person  under  his  con- 
trol, shall  be  deemed  guilty  to  the  same  extent,  and  may  be 
proceeded  against  in  the  same  manner  as  though  said  offense 
had  been  ccmmitted  by  him  directly  and  with  his  own  hand. 
And  any  such  agent,  servant  or  other  person,  doing  any  pro- 
hibited act  foi  and  on  behalf  of  another  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  such  act  equally  with  Ins  employer  or  principal,  and  be  sub- 
ject to  the  s?.me  penalty,  except  in  such  cases  where  a  different 
or  other  i(nalty  is  provided  by  ordinance  for  such  agent  or 
employee. 

Sec.  So  Any  lewd  woman  or  prostitute  who  shall  in  any 
manner  plv  her  vocation  in  or  upon  the  streets,  alleys,  stair- 
ways or  halls  of  public  buildings,  parks  or  in  other  public 
places  of  laid  city  by  loitering  or  in  any  manner  soliciting  to 
acts  of  lewdness,  or  who  shall  be  found  loitering  on  the  streets 
during  the  night-time,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  subject  to  a 
penalty  oi  i  ot  less  than  ten  dollars,  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars. 

Sec.  81  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  boys  or  other  per- 
sons to  loiter  or  congregate  in  or  near  any  stairway  or  hall 
opening  upon  any  street,  in  the  City  of  Urbana  or  loiter  or 
congregate  upon  any  street,  sidewalk  or  alley  in  said  city  or 
in  the  vicinity  of  any  church,  school  house,  hotel,  railroad 
depot,  store,  factory,  city  building",  engine  house,  buildings  of 
the  University  of  Illinois  or  other  public  places  to  the  annoy- 
ance or  disturbance  of  other  persons;  and  any  two  or  more 
boys  or  other  persons  loitering  or  congregating  in  or  near  any 
stairway  or  hall  opening  upon  any  street  in  said  city  or  who 
shall  loiter  or  congregate  upon  any  street,  sidewalk  or  alley  in 
said  city  u:  in  the  vicinity  of  any  church,  school  house,  hotel, 
railroad  depot,  store,  factory,  city  building,  engine  house, 
buildings  of  the  University  of  Illnois  or  other  public  place  in 
said  city  and  who  shall  refuse  to  disperse  and  go  to  their  re- 
spective homes  when  requested  so  to  do  by  any  member  of  the 
police  force  of  said  city  or  by  any  person  annoyed  thereby  shall 
be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  one  dollar  nor  more 
than  twe  iry  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  82  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  drive  any  horses  or 
mules  through  the  streets  and  alleys  of  this  city  unless  they  be 


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securely  trltered  or  controlled  and  led  by  any  person  who  is 
competent  and  having  control  thereof.  Any  person  violating 
the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  thirty  dollars. 

Sec.  83  Any  person  who  shall  instigate,  cause,  procure 
or  in  any  way  aid,  abet,  or  encourage  or  assist  any  dog-fight, 
prize-fighr,  cock-fight  or  main,  either  in  a  public  or  private 
place,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dol- 
lars nor  rnorc  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  84  Any  boy  who  shall  use,  or  have  in  his  posses- 
sion any  sling,  rubber-sling  or  other  implement  or  device 
whatsoever  for  the  casting  or  throwing  of  stones,  bullets  or 
any  article  whatsoever,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  one  dollar  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars. 

Sec.  85.  No  person  or  persons  shall  throw  or  deposit  any 
glass,  bottles,  crockery  or  earthen-ware,  tacks,  nails,  tin  cans 
or  other  rul)bish  whatsoever,  in  or  upon  any  sidewalk,  street, 
alley  or  other  public  place  within  said  city.  Any  person  violat- 
ing the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty 
of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dol- 
lars for  each  offense. 

Sec.  86.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  ride  upon  or 
across  or  drive  or  cause  to  pass  over  or  across  any  improved  or 
unimproved  sidewalk  or  any  paved  gutter  or  any  curbing  or 
parking  in  said  city  with  any  horse,  mule,  ass,  cattle,  team, 
wagon,  cart,  dray,  sled,  carriage,  or  other  vehicle,  or  whoever 
shall  pass  over,  ride  or  drive  over  or  across  any  paved  walk 
within  the  grounds  of  the  University  of  Illinois  with  any  horse, 
mule,  ass,  cattle,  team,  wagon,  cart,  dray,  sled,  carriage,  or 
other  vehicle,  except  at  the  proper  crossing  places  or  where 
t  le  alleys  intersect  the  streets,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  two  dollars,  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each 
offense:  Provided,  that  any  occupant  of  any  lot  or  ware- 
house may  have  access  thereto  by  placing  in  front  of  the  same 
at  his  or  her  expense,  with  the  consent  and  direction  of  the 
Superintendent  of  Streets,  over  such  gutter,  curbing,  parking 
or  sidewalk,  a  bridge,  in  such  manner  as  will  preserve  the  same 
from  injury  or  obstruction. 

Sec.  87.     Whoever  shall  wilfully  hinder,  delay,  resist  or 


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obstruct  any  city  officer,  or  any  person  legally  authorized  by 
him,  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty,  or  shall  aid,  abet  or  encour- 
age any  such  hindering,  delaying  resisting  or  obstructing,  or 
shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  obey  any  lawful  order  or  directions  of 
any  such  officer,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each 
oftense. 


CHAPTER  XXXI. 

NUISANCES. 

SECTION— 

1.  Pens  and  stables. 

2.  Accumulation  of  manure. 

3.  Animal  matter,  when.  "■:,*■     , 

4.  Unsafe  scaffolding. 

5.  Obstructing  sidewalk. 

6.  Sheds  or  awnings,  when. 

7.  Building  unsafe.  '.  -"         .    Lcl;'  ;i 

8.  Privy,  vault,  slop  drain. 

9.  Privies,  when. 

10.  Barbed  wire  fence. 

11.  Barbed  wire. 

12.  Thistles,  etc. 

13.  Suffering  premises  to  become  foul. 

14.  Depositing  offensive  matter  in  any  creek  or  stream. 

15.  Green  and  salted  hides  a  nuisance,  when. 

16.  Removal  of  offensive  matter. 

IT.  Carts  and  vehicles  carrying  offensive  matter. 

18.  Slaughter  houses,   other  offensive  establishments. 

19.  Operating  slaughter  houses,  etc. 

20.  Permits  for  slaughter  houses,  etc. 

21.  Revocation  of  permits  for  slaughter  house,  etc. 

22.  Stagnant   water. 

23.  Washing  buggies  on  street  or  walk, 

24.  Not  to  erect  pig-sty,  privy,  etc..  near  street. 

25.  Statutory. 

26.  Penalty  for  nuisance  where  not  otherwise  provided. 

27.  Keeping  chickens  and  other  poultry  on  sidewalk  and  f  treet. 

28.  Stables  not  to  be  nearer  than  4  feet  to  street,  etc. 

Section  i.  Any  pen,  stable,  lot,  or  premises  in  which 
any  animal  or  poultry  may  be  kept  or  confined,  and  which 
shall  become  nauseous,  foul  or  offensive,  or  from  any  cause  be- 
come an  annoyance  to  the  neighborhood,   family   or   person, 


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shall  be  deemed  a  nuisance.  And  the  owner  or  keeper  of 
any  such  animals  or  poultry,  or  the  owner  or  occupant  of 
such  premises,  who  upon  being-  notified  by  any  police  or 
other  officer  of  said  city  to  abate,  remedy  or  remove  such 
nuisance,  within  a  time  to  be  specified  in  said  notice,  shall 
neg-lect  or  refuse  so  to  do,  within  the  time  specified,  shall  be 
subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars,  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  he  shall  be  subject  to  a 
like  penalty  for  each  day  he  shall  suffer  or  permit  such 
nuisance  to  remain  after  the  expiration  of  the  time  fixed  by 
said  notice  for  the  abatement  of  the  •same. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  a  nuisance  for  any  persou  to  permit 
or  suffer  to  accumulate  on  any  premises  owned  or  controlled 
by  him,  any  heap  or  stack  of  manure,  in  said  city  in  such 
manner  as  to  emit  noxious,  disag-reeable  or  offensive  smells, 
to  the  annoyance  or  detriment  of  any  person  or  family. 
Whoever  shall  place  any  such  manure,  or  the  contents  of 
any  privy  vault  in  or  upon  any  public  place  within  said 
city  shall  be  deemed  g"uilty  of  maintaining-  a  nuisance,  and 
shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars 
nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  3.  It  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  nuisance  to  deposit 
or  place  in  or  upon  any  premises,  public  or  private,  enclosed 
or  common  within  said  city  any  veg-etable  or  animal  matter 
or  slops,  or  any  filth  of  a  character  likely  to  affect  the 
public  health,  or  to  produce  smells,  or  the  carcass  of  any 
dead  animal,  or  to  suffer  the  carcass  of  any  dead  animal, 
which  at  its  death  belong-ed  to  him,  to  be  or  remain  in  or 
upon  any  such  place  more  than  twenty-four  hours  after  its 
death.  Any  person  violating-  the  provisions  of  this  section 
shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense;  and  an  ad- 
ditional penalty  of  not  less  than  two  dollars  and  not  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  day  such  person  shall  con- 
tinue to  keep,  maintain,  suffer  or  permit  such  nuisance. 

Sec.  4.  Whoever  shall  erect  or  use,  or  shall  cause  to  be 
erected  or  used  within  said  city  any  insecure  or  unsafe  scaf- 
fold, whereby  the  safety  of  persons  working-  thereon  or  passing- 
thereunder  maybein  any  manner  endangered,  shall  be  deemed 


112  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBA.NA. 

g-uilty  of  maintaining-  a  nuisance,  and  shall  be  subject  to  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hun- 
dred dollars  for  each  offense  and  an  additional  penalty  of 
not  less  than  two  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars 
for  each  day  such  person  shall  continue  to  keep,  maintain, 
suffer  or  permit  such  nuisance. 

Sec.  5.  Whoever  shall  erect,  suspend,  keep  or  maintain 
any  sig-n,  awning-,  goods,  clothing- or  other  structure  or  thing 
over  or  across  any  street  or  sidewalk  of  the  city,  or  any  tree 
or  shrub  with  branches  overhanging  the  same,  in  such  man- 
ner as  to  obstruct  such  sidewalk  or  street,  or  render  travel 
thereon  inconvenient  or  unsafe;  or  whoever  shall  suffer  any 
awning",  sign  or  structure  over  any  street  or  sidewalk,  to  be 
out  of  repair,  or  in  an  insecure  or  unsafe  condition  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  maintaining  a  nuisance  and  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  live  dollars  nor  more  than 
two  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  an  additional 
penalty  of  not  less  than  two  dollars  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars  for  each  day  such  persons  shall  continue  to 
keep,  maintain,  suffer  or  permit  such  nuisance. 

Sec.  6,  Whoever  shall  construct,  repair,  keep  or  main- 
tain within  said  city  any  wooden  awning-  or  shed  over  any 
sidewalk  or  foot-way  with  supports  reaching  down  to  such 
sidewalk  or  to  the  ground,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  main- 
taining- a  nuisance,  and  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not 
less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for 
each  offense,  and  an  additional  penalty  of  not  less  than  two 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  day  such 
person  shall  continue  to  keep,  maintain,  suffer  or  permit 
such  nuisance. 

Sec.7.  No  person  shall  within  said  city  erect  or  maintain 
any  insecure  or  unsafe  building,  stack,  wall,  chimney  or  other 
structure,  which  from  situation, mode  of  construction  or  other 
cause,  may  be  dangerous  to  persons  or  property.  Any  per- 
son violating  this  section  shall  be  deemed  g-uilty  of  maintain- 
ing- a  nuisance  and  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each 
offense, and  an  additional  penalty  of  not  less  than  two  dollars 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  day  such  person 


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shall  continue  to  keep,  maintain,  suffer  or  permit  such 
ni'isance. 

Sec.  8.  It  shall  constitute  and  is  hereby  declared  a  nui- 
sance for  any  person  to  construct  or  maintain  any  privy  vault, 
privy, drain  or  slop  drain,  within  thirty  feet  of  any  well  furnish- 
ing v^ater  for  drinking  or  general  family  purposes,  in  the  City 
of  Urbana,  without  such  vault  or  water  drain  is  water  tight. 
Any  person  who  shall  violate  the  provisions  of  this  section 
sliall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense  and  an  addi- 
tional penalty  of  not  less  than  two  dollars  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars  for  each  day  such  person  shall  continue  to 
keep,  maintain,  suffer  or  permit  such  nuisance. 

Sec.  9.  All  privies,  any  part  of  the  contents  of  which  are 
above  the  surface  of  the  earth  or  within  two  feet  of  the  surface 
of  the  earth  are  hereby  declared  nuisances  and  any  person  who 
shall  permit  such  privies  to  so  remain  after  notice  to  remove 
the  same,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dol- 
lars nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  10.  It  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  nuisance  to  build, 
construct,  maintain,  keep  or  use  any  barbed  wire  fence,  or  any 
fence  of  which  barbed  wire  is  a  part,  along  the  line  of,  or  in,  or 
upon,  or  along  any  street,  alley,  lawn,  sidewalk,  crossing  or 
public  place  within  the  City  of  Urbana. 

Sec.  II.  It  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  nuisance  for  any 
merchant  or  other  person  to  place,  or  permit  or  suffer  to  be 
placed,  upon  or  near  any  sidewalk  in  said  City  of  Urbana,  any 
barbed  wire,  unless  '^nu1  barbed  wire  is  so  covered  as  to  in  no 
way  be  liable  to  injure  the  person  or  clothing  of  any  person 
passing  upon  or  along  such  sidewalk.  Any  person  violating 
this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three 
dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

Sec.  12.  Cockle  burs,  thistles,  burdocks,  sweet  clover, 
jimpson  weeds  and  wild  lettuce  are  hereby  declared  to  be  nui- 
sances, and  whoever  shall  suffer  or  permit  any  such  weed  or 
plant  to  grow  to  maturity  in  or  upon  any  premises  in  the  City 
of  Urbana  owned  or  controlled  by  him,  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  maintaining  a  nuisance  and  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars 


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for  each  offense  and  an  additional  penalty  of  not  less  than  two 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  day  such 
person  shall  continue  to  keep,  maintain,  suffer  or  permit  such 
nuisance. 

Sec.  13.  Whoever  shall  suffer  or  permit  any  cellar,  vault, 
drain,  pool,  privy,  sewer,  yard,  ground  or  premises  owned,  oc- 
cupied or  controlled  by  him,  to  become  foul  or  offensive,  or  in- 
jurious to  public  health,  or  unpleasant  and  disagreeable  to  ad- 
jacent residents,  or  to  any  person  passing  along  any  street  or 
alley  near  the  same,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  maintaining  a 
nuisance;  and  if  such  person,  upon  being  notified  by  any  police 
or  other  officer  to  abate,  remedy  or  remove  such  nuisance, 
within  a  time  to  be  specified  in  said  notice,  shall  neglect  or 
refuse  so  to  do,  he  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
tiiree  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars;  and  he  shall 
be  subject  to  a  like  penalty  for  each  day  he  shall  suffer  or  per- 
mit such  nuisance  to  remain  after  the  expiration  of  the  time 
fixed  by  said  notice  for  the  abatement  of  the  same. 

Sec.  14.  Whoever  shall  deposit,  throw,  discharge,  or 
leave  any  nauseous,  foul,  offensive  or  putrid  liquor,  substance, 
or  excrement,  or  any  liquid  or  substance  likely  to  become 
nauseous,  foul,  offensive,  putrid,  or  cause  the  same  to  be  done, 
upon  the  margin,  banks,  or  into  the  waters  of  any  creek  or 
stream,  within  the  limits  of  said  city,  or  upon  any  premises,  or 
upon  the  banks  or  in  the  waters  of  any  of  said  streams,  within 
one-half  mile  of  said  city,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not 
less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  15.  Whoever  shall  keep  in  store  in  any  building, 
cellar  or  place  within  said  city,  any  green  or  salted  hides,  pelts 
or  skins,  for  such  a  length  of  time,  or  in  such  a  manner  that 
they  shall  become  foul,  nauseous  or  offensive  by  reason  of 
their  bad  odor,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  maintaining  a  nui- 
sance. And  if  such  person,  upon  being  notified  by  any  poHce 
or  other  officer  of  said  city,  to  abate,  remove  or  remedy  such 
nuisance,  within  a  time  to  be  specified  in  such  notice,  shall 
neglect  or  refuse  to  do  so,  he  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars; 
and  he  shall  be  subject  to  a  Uke  penalty  for  each  day  after  the 


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expiration  of  the  time  specified  in  said  notice,  he  shall  permit 
such  nuisance  to  remain. 

Sec.  i6.  All  putrid  or  offensive  matter,  and  all  night 
soil,  and  the  contents  of  sinks,  privies,  vaults,  cess-pools,  and 
all  noxious  substances  in  said  city  shall,  before  their  removal 
or  exposure,  be  disinfected  and  rendered  inoffensive,  by  the 
person  who  removes,  or  is  about  to  remove  the  same.  Any 
person  violating  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  17.  The  beds,  boxes,  tubs,  or  other  receptacle  on 
any  cart,  wagon  or  other  vehicle,  used  for  the  purpose  of  re- 
moving any  offal,  swill,  slops,  garbage,  or  the  contents  of  any 
privy,  vault,  or  cess-pool,  or  any  other  putrid  or  offensive 
liquid  or  substance,  shall  be  so  constructed  and  maintained, 
so  that  no  part  of  the  contents  thereof  shall  fall,  leak  or  spill 
therefrom ;  and  shall  be  tightly  covered  so  as  to  prevent  the 
same  from  being  offensive.  Any  person  violating  this  section 
or  any  part  thereof,  either  as  owner  or  employee,  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than 
one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  18.  Whoever  shall  locate,  erect,  carry  on,  occupy  or 
use  any  slaughter  house  for  slaughtering  animals,  or  any 
packing  house,  soap  factory,  tallow  chandlery,  bone  factory, 
or  any  establishment  for  rendering  lard,  tallow,  offal,  dead 
animals,  or  other  substances  of  like  nature,  within  the  limits 
jf  said  city,  or  within  the  distance  of  one  mile  without  the  city 
li'iiits,  without  the  permission  of  the  City  Council,  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  maintaining  a  nuisance,  and  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than 
one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  19.  Whoevci  shall  conduct,  keep,  maintain  or 
operate  .nny  slaughter  house,  packing  house,  soap  factory,  tal- 
low chandlery,  bone  factory  or  other  establishment  for  ren- 
dering lard,  .allow,  offal,  dead  animals  or  other  substances  of 
a  like  nnture,  within  the  limits  of  said  city,  or  within  one  mile 
of  said  limits,  in  such  a  manner  that  the  said  premises  shall  be- 
come foul  or  offensive,  or  shall  emit  or  give  out  bad,  offensive 
or  unwholesome  smells  or  odors  to  the  annoyance  or  detri- 
ment of  any  community,  family  or  person,  shall  be  deemed 


116  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA. 

guilty  of  jnaintaining  a  nuisance.  And  if  such  person,  upon 
being  notified  by  any  police  or  other  officer  of  said  city,  to 
renovate  or  cleanse  said  premises,  or  to  abate,  remedy  or  re- 
move such  nuisance,  within  a  time  to  be  specified  in  said 
notice,  shall  neglect  or  refuse  so  to  do,  he  shall  be  subject  to  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars;  ^nd  he  shall  be  subject  to  a  like  penalty  for  each  day 
he  shall  suffer  cr  permit  such  nuisance  to  remain  after  the  time 
fixed  in  said  notice  for  the  abatement  of  the  same. 

Sec.  20.  Any  person  desiring  to  obtain  a  permit  to  lo- 
cate or  operate  a  slaughter  house,  or  any  of  the  establish- 
ments enumerated  in  section  18  of  this  chapter,  within  the 
limits  of  said  city  or  within  one  mile  without  said  limits,  shall 
make  a  written  application  therefor  to  the  City  Council,  stat- 
ing the  busine.'^s  he  is  desirious  of  pursuing,  and  specifying 
the  location  or  premises  where  the  same  is  to  be  conducted. 
Said  C'ity  Council  may  thereupon  grant  the  said  permit,  in  its 
discretion,  and  if  such  permit  is  granted  the  applicant,  before 
he  can  do  Lusiness  under  the  same,  shall  execute  to  the  city 
a  bond  in  the  penal  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars,  with  one  or 
more  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor,  conditioned  that 
the  said  applicant  will  comply  with  all  ordinances  then  or 
thereafter  in  force  regulating  such  establishments  or  such 
business,  and  that  he  will  pay  all  fines  or  penalties  or  judg- 
ments recovered  against  him  by  said  city  before  any  court  of 
competent  jurisdiction,  for  the  violation  of  any  ordinance  of 
said  city  relating  to  said  business,  and  that  he  will  also  pay  all 
costs,  charges  or  expenses  incurred  by  said  city,  or  any  of  its 
officers,  in  cleansing  or  renovating  the  premises,  or  removing 
any  nuisance  theron,  where  the  said  business  shall  be  carried 
on. 

Sec.  21.  Where  any  person  to  whom  any  such  permit 
shall  be  granted,  as  specified  in  sections  18  and  20  of  this  chap- 
ter, shall  be  convicted  of  a  violation  of  any  ordinance  of  the 
city  regulating  such  establishments  before  any  court  of  com- 
petent jurisdiction,  then  the  City  Council,  in  its  discretion, 
may  revoke  such  permit  and  declare  the  same  null  and  void. 

Sec,  22.  Any  lot  or  premises  upon  which  stagnant  water 
may  be  standing,  and  which  is,  or  is  likely  to  become  foul  and 


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offensive  to  any  person  residing  near  the  same,  or  to  persons 
passing  by  the  same,  is  hereby  declared  a  nuisance.  And  the 
owner,  occupant,  or  person  having  control  of  such  lot  or 
premises,  who  shall  not  abate,  remedy  or  remove  such 
nuisance,  when  notified  so  to  do,  by  the  marshal  or  other 
police  officer  of  said  city,  within  the  time  in  such  notice  speci- 
fied, shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  keeping  and  maintaining  a 
nuisance,  and  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  he  shall  be 
subject  to  a  like  penalty  for  each  day  he  shall  permit  such  nui- 
sance to  remain  after  the  expiration  of  the  time  fixed  in  said 
notice  for  the  abatement  of  the  same. 

Sec.  23.  The  washing  or  cleaning  of  any  carriage, 
buggy,  gig,  wagon,  cab  or  other  vehicle  in  or  upon  the  streets 
or  sidewalks  of  the  city  is  hereby  declared  a  nuisance,  and  any 
person  or  persons  violating  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall 
be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more 
than  twenty  dollars. 

Sec.  24.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  owner  of  any  lot, 
part  of  lot  or  parcel  of  land  within  the  city  to  erect,  build  or 
locate  thereon  any  pig-sty,  privy  or  water  closet  nearer  than 
twenty  feet  to  any  street,  avenue  or  park  in  said  city.  Any  per- 
son who  sliall  violate  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be 
subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty  dollars  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  25.  In  all  cases  where  no  provision  is  hereby  made 
defining  what  are  nuisances  and  how  the  same  may  be  re- 
moved, abated  or  prevented,  in  addition  to  what  may  be  de- 
clared such  herein,  those  offenses  which  are  known  to  the 
common  law  of  the  land  and  the  statutes  of  Illinois  as  nui- 
sances may,  in  case  the  same  exist  within  the  city  limits  be 
treated  as  such,  and  proceeded  against  as  in  this  chapter  pro- 
vided, or  in  accordance  with  any  other  law  which  shall  give 
the  court  trying  the  same  jurisdiction. 

Sec.  26.  Any  person  who  shall  keep,  suffer  or  permit, 
create  or  maintain  any  or  either  of  the  nuisances  heretofore 
enunciated  in  this  chapter,  where  no  other  penalty  is  named, 
shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense,  and  a  fur- 


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ther  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty 
dollars  for  each  week  such  person  shall  continue  to  keep, 
suffer,  permit  or  maintain  such  nuisance. 

Sec.  27.  Whoever  shall  keep,  suffer,  permit  or  maintain 
any  chicken  coops  or  box  for  the  purpose  of  confining  or  dis- 
playing live  chickens  or  other  kinds  of  live  poultry  along  or 
upon  any  sidewalk  or  street  in  said  city,  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  keeping  and  maintaining  a  nuisance  and  shall  for 
each  offense  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dol- 
lars nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

Sec.  28.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  owner  of  any  lot 
or  parcel  of  land  within  the  City  of  Urbana  to  erect,  build  or 
locate  on  any  such  lot  or  parcel  of  land  any  barn  or  stable 
nearer  than  four  feet  to  any  public  street,  avenue  or  park 
within  said  city.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty 
dollars  and  not  more  than  two  hundred  dollars;  and  a  fur- 
ther penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty 
dollars  for  each  day  any  such  person  persists  in  such  violation 
after  conviction  for  a  violation  of  this  section. 


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CHAPTER  XXXIL 

OFFICERS. 
SECTION— 

1.  Officers  appointed. 

2.  Oath  of  office. 

3.  Official  bonds. 

4.  Sureties — city  attorney  to  prepare  bond — new  bond. 

5.  Commissions,  etc. 

6.  Officers  to  pay  money  over. 

7.  Salaries  payable — when. 

8.  Records  of  city  open  to  inspection. 

9.  Removal  or  absence  from  city. 

10.  Liability  for  damage. 

11.  No  officer  to  be  directly  or  indirectly     interested     in    contract, 

etc. 

Section  i.  There  shall  be  appointed  annually  and  when- 
ever vacancies  occur  in  said  offiqe,  by  the  Mayor,  with  the  ap- 
proval of  the  City  Council,  the  following  city  officers,  viz:  A 
city  marshal,  corporation  counsel,  night  policeman,  chief  of 
fire  department,  janitor  of  city  building,  a  superintendent  of 
streets  and  city  collector,  and  such  number  of  police  and  fire- 
men as  the  City  Council  may  by  resolution  deem  necessary 
and  expedient,  and  the  term  of  office  for  which  either  of  said 
officers  shall  be  appointed,  shall  be  for  any  period  of  time  not 
exceeding  the  municipal  year  of  their  appointment  in  all 
cases  not  otherwise  provided  for  by  the  ordinances  of  said  city 
or  the  laws  of  the  state  of  Illinois. 

2.     All  officers,  whether  elected  or  appointed,  shall,  before 

entering  upon  the  duties  of  their  respective  offices,  take  and 

subscribe  the  following  oath  or  affirmation: 

'•I  do  solemnly  swear  (or  al3Qrm,  as  the  case  may  be)  that  I  will  sup- 
port the  constitution  of  the  United  States  and  the  consitution  of  the  State 
of  Illinois,  and  that  I  will  faithfully  discharge  the  duties  of  the  office  of 
according  to  the  best  of  my  ability." 

Which  oath  or  affirmation  so  subscribed  shall  be  filed  in  the 

office  of  the  Clerk. 

Sec.  3.     All  officers,  whether  elected  or  appointed,  ^hall, 

before  entering  upon  the  duties    of   their   respective    offices, 

execute  a  bond,  with  security  to  be  approved    by    the    City 

Council,  payable  to  the  City  of  Urbana,  in  such  penal  sum  as 

may  by  resolution  or  ordinance  be  directed,  conditioned  for 

the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  the  office  and  the  pay- 


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ment  of  all  moneys  received  by  such  officer,  according  to  law 
and  the  ordinances  of  said  city:  Provided^  however^  That  in 
no  case  shall  the  Mayor's  bond  be  fixed  at  a  less  sum  than 
three  thousand  dollars  ($3,000),  nor  shall  the  treasurer's  bond 
be  fixed  at  a  less  sum  than  the  amount  of  the  estimated  tax 
and  special  assessments  for  the  current  year;  which  bonds 
shall  be  filed  with  the  Clerk  (except  the  bond  of  the  Clerk, 
which  shall  be  filed  with  the  Treasurer). 

Sec.  4.  No  member  of  the  City  Council  or  officer  of  the 
city  shall  be  received  as  surety  on  the  official  bond  of  any  city 
officer  hereby  created  and  provided  for,  and  herein  required 
to  execute  bond  as  city  officer.  All  official  bonds  shall  be 
drawn  by  the  city  attorney,  or  submitted  to  him  after  being 
drawn  up.  for  his  approval  of  the  form  thereof,  and  shall  then 
be  submitted  to  the  City  Council  for  their  approval,  which, 
when  given,  the  City  Clerk  shall  certify  thereon,  and  shall  file 
and  preserve  the  same  in  his  office  (except  '.he  bond  of  the 
City  Clerk,  which  shall  be  filed  with  the  treasurer).  The  City 
Council  may  at  any  time  require  a  new  bond  to  be  executed 
by  any  city  officer,  if  from  any  cause  they  shall  deem  the  old 
bond  insufficient,  or  the  securities  thereon;  but  the  execution 
of  such  new  bond  shall  not  in  any  manner  affect  any^  liability, 
loss  or  damage  incurred  under  the  old  bond,  or  release  the 
sureties  from  any  liability  incurred  thereon.  All  bonds  or  con- 
tracts shall  be  written  or  printed,  or  partly  both,  in  a  plain, 
legible  manner. 

Sec.  5.  All  officers  (except  the  Clerk,  Aldermen  and 
Mayor)  shall  be  commissioned  by  warrant,  under  the  corporate 
seal,  signed  by  the  Clerk  and  Mayor,  or  presiding  officer  of 
the  City  Council.  The  Mayor  shall  issue  a  certificate  of  ap- 
pointment or  election,  under  the  seal  of  the  city,  to  the  Clerk 
thereof,  and  any  person  having  been  an  officer  of  ihe  city  shall, 
within  five  days  after  notification  and  request,  deliver  to  his 
successor  in  office  all  property,  books  and  effects  of  every  de- 
scription in  his  possession  belonging  to  the  city,  or  appertain- 
ing to  his  said  office,  and  upon  his  refusal  to  do  so  shall  be 
liable  for  all  damages  caused  thereby,  and  shall  be  subject  to 
a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  and  not  exceed- 
ing two  hundred  dollars. 


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Sec.  6.  All  officers  collecting  or  receiving  any  moneys  on 
account  of  the  city  shall  pay  the  same,  as  fast  as  collected,  into 
the  city  treasury  in  the  same  kind  of  funds  as  received  by  them, 
and  shall,  on  the  first  Monday  of  each  month,  report  to  the 
City  Council  an  accurate  statement  of  all  the  moneys  received 
by  them  for  the  "preceding  month,  specifying  the  amount,  from 
whom  and  on  what  account  received.  No  officer  shall  retain 
any  moneys  received  or  collected  by  him  toward  the  payment 
of  any  salary  or  fees  which  may  be  coming  to  him  from  the 
city,  but  shall  pay  the  same  into  the  treasury.  Any  officer 
violating  any  provision  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  and  not  exceeding  two 
hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  7.  The  salaries  of  the  city  officers,  unless  otherwise 
especially  provided,  shall  be  payable  monthly,  on  the  first 
Monday  of  each  month,  and  they  shall  present  their  accounts 
to  the  City  Council  for  adjustment  or  payment,  but  no  war- 
rant shall  be  drawn  in  favor  of  any  officer  for  his  salary  until 
he  shall  have  filed  his  report  as  herein  required,  nor  shall  any 
warrant  in  any  case  be  drawn  in  favor  of  any  officer  who  shall 
be  in  default  or  arrears  with  the  city. 

Sec.  8.  The  records,  books  and  papers  pertaining  to  any 
city  officer  shall,  at  all  reasonable  times  be  subject  to  the  in- 
spection and  examination  of  the  Mayor,  the  City  Council  or 
any  of  its  committees,  or  any  person  interested  in  the  same; 
and  all  city  officers  shall,  when  requested,  give  all  the  informa- 
tion in  their  power  pertaining  to  their  respective  offices,  to  the 
City  Council  or  any  of  its  committees,  or  any  other  department 
of  the  city  government. 

Sec.  9.  If  any  city  officer  shall  remove  from  the  city,  or 
absent  himself  therefrom  for  one  month  without  permission  of 
the  City  Council  first  had  and  obtained,  his  office  shall  be  va- 
cated. 

Sec.  10.  All  officers  shall  be  liable  to  the  city  for  all  loss 
or  damage  which  may  arise  from  their  negligence  or  willful 
misconduct  in  the  discharge  of  any  official  duty,  and  the  City 
Council  may,  in  its  discretion,  by  order,  withhold  the  salary  of 
any  such  officer,  in  order  to  secure  the  city  from  loss.  And  if 
any  officer  shall  fail,  neglect  or  refuse  to  discharge  or  perform 


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any  duty  required  of  him,  the  Mayor  may  employ  or  appoint 
some  competent  person  to  perform  such  duty,  and  the  costs 
and  expenses  of  doing  the  same  shall  be  charged  to  such  offi- 
cer and  deducted  from  his  salary,  or  if  his  salary  shall  be  in- 
sufficient to  pay  the  same,  they  may  be  collected  from  him  and 
recovered  by  suit  in  the  name  of  the  city,  before  any  court  hav- 
ing jurisdiction. 

Sec.  II.  No  officer  of  the  City  of  Urbana  shall  be  di- 
rectly or  indirectly  interested  in  any  contract  work  or  business 
of  the  city,  or  the  sale  of  any  article,  the  expense,  price  or  con- 
sideration of  which  is  paid  from  the  treasury  of  said  city,  or  by 
any  assessment  levied  by  any  act  or  ordinance;  nor  in  the  pur- 
chase of  any  real  estate  or  other  property  belonging  to  the  cor- 
poration, or  which  shall  be  sold  for  taxes  ar  assessments,  or  by 
virtue  of  any  legal  process  at  the  suit  of  said  city. 


CHAPTER  XXXIII. 

PAWNBROKERS. 
SECTION— 

1.  Pawnbroker  defined — license  required,  etc. 

2.  Mayor  may  grant  license — rate— bond. 

3.  Pawnbrokers'  book. 

4.  Property  of  minors,  stolen  property,   etc. — intoxicated  persons, 

etc. 

5.  Time  of  receiving  property. 

6.  Inspection  of  premises  and  property. 

7.  Not  to  remove  or  sell  property  for  five  days  after  receipt  ex- 

cept to  owner. 

8.  Principal  liable  for  violations'  of  clerks,  etc. 

Section  i.  Whoever  shall  loan  money  on  deposit  or 
pledge  of  personal  property,  or  shall  carry  on  the  business  ot 
purchasing  such  property  on  the  condition  of  selling  the  same 
back  at  a  stipulated  price,  without  taking  a  chattel  mortgage 
thereon,  duly  executed  and  recorded,  as  required  by  law,  shall 
be  deemed  to  be  a  pawnbroker  within  the  meaning  of  this 
chapter;  and  any  person  who  shall  pursue  or  carry  on  tl-.e 
busiticss  of  a  pawnbroker  in  said  City  of  Urbana  without  first 
having  obtaining  a  license  therefor,  and  executed  a  bond,  as 
hereinafter  provided,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for 
each  ofifense. 


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Sec.  2.  The  Mayor  may  from  time  to  time  grant  licenses 
to  persons  applying  for  the  same  to  carry  on  the  business  of 
pawnbroker.  Pawnbrokers  shall  pay  for  a  license  at  the  rate 
of  fifty  dollars  per  year  or  a  proportionate  sum  for  any  less 
time;  no  such  license,  however,  shall  extend  beyond  the  muni- 
cipal year.  Every  such  applicant  for  a  license  shall,  before 
lec  iving  the  same,  execute  to  the  city  a  bond  in  the  penal  sum 
of  one  thousand  dollars,  with  two  or  more  good  and  sufficient 
sureties,  residents  of  the  city,  which  bond  shall  be  conditioned 
for  the  strict  observance  of  all  ordinances  of  the  city  respect- 
ing pawnbrokers  as  may  be  passed  or  in  force  at  any  time  dur- 
ing the  existence  of  the  license,  and  further  conditioned  that 
he  will  pay  all  damages  resulting  to  any  person  by  reason  of  his 
wrongfully  purchasing  or  taking  in  pledge  any  stolen  prop- 
erty, or  the  property  of  any  minor. 

Sec.  3.  Every  pawnbroker  shall  keep  a  well  bound  book, 
suitably  ruled  for  the  purposes  herein  designated,  in  which 
shall  be  legibly  written  in  ink,  at  the  time  of  each  loan  or  pur- 
chase, an  accurate  account  or  description  in  the  English  lan- 
guage, of  the  goods,  article  or  thing  pawned,  pledged  or  pur- 
chased, the  amount  of  money  loaned  thereon  or  paid  therefor, 
the  time  the  same  was  pledged,  pawned  or  purchased,  the  rate 
of  interest  to  be  paid  on  such  loan  and  the  name  and  residence 
of  the  person  pawning,  pledging  or  selling  the  goods,  article 
or  thing,  which  book  shall  be  kept  clean  and  legible.  No  en- 
try made  in  such  book  shall  be  erased,  obliterated  or  defaced. 
The  said  book  shall,  at  all  reasonable  times,  be  open  to  the  in- 
spection of  the  mayor,  marshal  or  any  police  officer  of  the  city. 
Any  pawnbroker  violating  this  section  or  any  part  thereof, 
shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars 
nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  ofifense,  and  shall 
forfeit  his  license  in  the  discretion  of  the  Mayor. 

Sec.  4.  Any  pawnbroker  who  shall  purchase,  take  or  re- 
ceive in  pledge,  or  on  deposit,  any  article  or  property  of  or 
from  any  minor,  or  being  owned  by  a  minor,  or  any  stolen 
property,  or  any  person  known  to  be  a  notorious  thief,  or  any 
property  which  from  any  cause  he  may  have  reason  to  believe 
cannot  be  lawfully  or  rightfully  pawned,  pledged  or  sold,  by 
the  person  offering  it,  or  from  any  person  intoxicated,  shall,  in 


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either  case,  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars, 
nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars,  and  shall  in  addition 
thereto  forfeit  his  license. 

Sec.  5.  No  pawnbroker  shall  purchase,  take  or  receive, 
nor  pledge  or  deposit,  any  article  of  property,  after  the  hour  of 
nine  o'clock  in  the  evening,  or  before  the  Rour  of  seven  o'clock 
in  the  morning,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars, 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  6.  Every  pawnbroker  shall  at  all  reasonable  times 
during  business  hours,  allow  the  mayor,  city  marshal,  or  any 
policeman  of  the  city,  to  enter  the  place  of  business  of  such 
person  and  examine  and  inspect  the  stock  or  property  on 
hand  in  such  place  of  business,  or  search  the  said  premises  for 
stolen  property,  or  make  such  examination  of  the  same,  as 
such  officer  may  desire  in  the  discharge  of  his  official  duty. 
Any  pawnbroker  who  shall  refuse  to  permit  such  officer  to 
make  such  search  or  inspection,  or  shall  hinder  or  obstruct 
him  in  making  the  same,  or  shall  refuse  to  show  such  officer 
any  property,  article  or  thing  in  the  possession  of  such  pawn- 
broker, when  requested  so  to  do  by  such  officer,  shall,  in 
either  case,  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars, 
nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  shall 
forfeit  his  license  in  the  discretion  of  the  Mayor. 

Sec.  7.  No  pawnbroker  shall  sell  or  permit  the  removal 
(unless  returned  to  the  owner)  of  any  property,  article  or  thing 
received  in  pawn  by  him,  his  agent,  servant  or  clerk  for  the 
full  period  of  five  days  after  the  receipt  of  the  same  by  such 
pawnbroker.  Any  pawnbroker  violating  this  section  shall  be 
subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than 
two  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  8.  Evevy  licensed  pawnbroker  shall  be  subject  to 
any  of  the  penalties  prescribed  in  this  chapter  for  a  violation  of 
the  same,  or  any  part  thereof,  whether  such  violation  is  done 
by  himself,  or  by  his  clerk,  agent  or  employe;  and  such  clerk, 
agent  or  employee  of  any  licensed  pawnbroker  who  shall  vio- 
late this  chapter,  or  any  part  thereof,  shall  also  be  subject  to 
the  same  penalty  herein  prescribed  for  such  violation  when 
done  by  a  licensed  pawnbroker. 


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CHAPTER  XXXIV. 

PEDDLERS. 

SECTION— 

1.  Shall  obtain  license. 

2.  Rate  of  license. 

3.  Produce  may  be  sold  without  license. 

4.  Peddlers  not  to  annoy  other  persons. 

Section  i.  No  person,  persons  or  corporations  shall  sell 
01  attempt  to  sell  any  goods,  wares  or  articles  of  merchandise 
V  hatsoever  by  peddling,  hawking  or  public  outcry  at  any 
temporary  or  uninclosed  stand  or  place  of  business  in  said  city, 
without  having  first  obtained  a  peddler's  license  therefor.  Any 
person,  persons  or  corporations  violating  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars 
nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every  offense. 
And  every  day  or  part  of  a  day  any  such  person  or  corporation 
shall  engage  in  such  business  without  a  license  therefor  shall 
be  deemed  a  separate  offense. 

Sec.  2.  Every  person  or  corporation  desiring  a  license  as 
a  peddler  or  hawker  shall  pay  for  the  same  at  the  following 
rates : 

First.  For  a  license  to  sell  by  foot  peddlers  the  sum  of 
six  dollars  for  one  month  or  less,  and  one  dollar  for  each 
month  thereover. 

Second.  For  a  license  to  sell  by  peddlers  using  a  one- 
horse  vehicle,  the  sum  of  eight  dollars  for  one  month  or  less 
and  two  dollars  for  each  month  thereover. 

Third.  For  a  license  to  sell  by  peddlers  using  a  two- 
horse  vehicle,  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  for  one  month  or  less  and 
two  dollars  for  each  month  thereover. 

Fourth.  For  a  license  to  peddlers  to  sell  by  hawking  or 
public  outcry  at  any  temporary  or  unincLsed  stand  or  place 
of  business  the  sum  of  five  dollars  per  day  for  one  week  or  less 
and  one  dollar  per  day  for  each  day  thereover. 

Sec.  3-  No  license  shall  be  required  of  any  farmer,  fruit 
or  vine  grower  or  gardener  for  the  purpose  of  selling  the  pro- 
duce of  his  farm,  orchard,  vineyard  and  garden  in  said  city,  nor 
from  any  person  to  sell  cakes,  nuts  or  other  like  refreshments. 

Sec.  4.     No  peddler  shall  vex,  harrass  or  annoy  any  per- 


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son  by  importuning  such  person  to  purchase  or  look  at  his  or 
their  goods,  or  otherwise  annoy  or  harrass  any  person,  nor  shall 
any  such  person  enter  any  private  house  without  being  in- 
vited so  to  do.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dol- 
lars nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  in 
addition  to  such  penalty  a  forfeiture  of  his  license  in  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  Mayor  of  said  city  may  be  had,  and  at  no  time 
thereafter  shall  such  person  be  licensed  unless  for  good  cause 
shown  the  City  Council  shall  remove  such  -'isability. 


CHAPTER  XXXV. 

PI^UMBING,  SEWER  DRAINAGE  AND  EXCAVATION. 

SECTION— 

1.  Application  for  plumbing  permit — specifications — inspection  fee 

2.  Approval  of  specifications— permit— penalty  for  plumbing  with- 

out permit. 

3.  Inspection— inspector   may  require  plumbing  tested. 

4.  No  use  to  be  made  of  plumbing  if  not  in  accordance  with  or- 

dinance. 

5.  To  connect  with  sewer — construction  inside  and  outside — main 

house  sewer  drain. 

6.  Y  connections  to  be  used — damage  to  sewer. 

7.  After  drain  laid,   sidewalk  and  parking     to     be     replaced— all 

filling  made. 

8.  Soil  and  waste  pipes. 

9.  Diameter  of  waste  pipe  and  trap  for  any  fixture. 

10.  Joints  and  connections— how  made— no  cement  or  putty  to  be 

used. 

11.  Closets,   urinals,  sinks,   bath-tubs,  etc,— traps. 

12.  Waste  pipes  and  fixtures  to  have    metallic    strainers,    except 

water  closets. 

13.  "Ventilation  of  soil  pipes. 

14.  Vent  pipes. 

15.  Drains  from  safe  under  basin,  bath,  etc.— refrigerators  not  to 

connect  with  house  drain,  soil  or  waste  pipe  or  sewer. 

16.  Water  closets— ventilation,   flushing,  etc. 

17.  Boiler  exhaust  blow-off,  drip  pipe  shall  not  connect  with  sewer. 

18.  Drains  for  surface — storm  and  roof  water  not  to  connect  with 

sewer. 

19.  Offal,  garbage,  filth,  etc.,  not  to  be  drained  into  sewer. 

20.  Connections  of  cess-pools,  privies,    etc.,    with    sewer,    etc.,    to 

have   flushing    apparatus. 

21.  Penalty  for  making  connections  without  inspection. 

22.  Provisions  of  chapter  to  extend  to  plumbing  now  in  use. 


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23.  Damage  to  sewers,  manholes,  tanks,  etc. — penalty. 

24.  Breaking  of  water  pipes,  hydrants,   etc.,   a  nuisance — proceed- 

ings for  repairing  damage  to  same — notice — city  to  repair  on 
failure  of  owner. 

25.  Excavations— gas   and   water   companies    to    lay   pipes   before 

paving. 

26.  Notice  to  gas  and  water  companies— property    owners    to    lay 

all  pipes  before  paving — service  of  notice — duty  of  city  clerk. 
Wl.    Permit  for  excavations — bonds — conditions    of    bonds — fee    for 
permit. 

28.  Trenches  not  to  impede  travel— gutters— planks  to  be  laid  at 

sidewalk  crossings.  • 

29.  Lights  and  barricades. 

30.  No  delay  in  excavation  work. 

31.  Deep  trenches  and  In  treacherous  soils  to  be  braced. 

32.  Refilling  and  tamping,  etc. 

33.  Paving  to  be  replaced— settling— surface   of  street,   etc.,   to   be 

kept  In  good  condition  for  twelve  months — penalty. 

Section  i.  Before  the  construction,  re-construction  or 
alteration  of  any  portion  of  the  pkimbing  or  sewer  drainage 
system  of  any  building  is  begun,  there  shall  be  filed  in  the 
office  of  the  city  inspector  a  written  application  for  a  sewer  or 
plumbing  permit,  made  on  blanks  prescribed  by  the  city  in- 
spector, together  with  a  written  description  of  all  work  pro- 
posed to  be  done,  with  description  of  lot  or  tract  of  land  and  all 
other  things  pertaining  thereto;  said  application  to  be  signed 
by  the  owner  of  the  property  and  the  Hcensed  plumber  who  is 
to  do  the  work.  All  plumbing  specifications  shall  state  clearly 
the  size  and  kind  of  every  pipe,  fixture,  trap,  grease  trap,  venti- 
1<  ting  pipe,  etc.  Specifications  must  be  written  with  ink  on 
suitable  paper.  Such  specifications  and  descriptions  shall  be- 
come the  property  of  the  City  of  Urbana  when  filed  and  ap- 
proved, to  be  retained  as  a  part  of  the  records  of  the  city  in- 
spector's office.  Accompanying  the  application  for  a  permit 
shall  be  a  fee  of  $i  .00  which  shall  be  the  charge  made  for  ex- 
penses of  inspecting  the  specifications,  filing  the  same,  issuing 
the  permit  and  inspecting  the  work. 

Sec.  2.  No  work  shall  be  done  on  the  plumbing  or  sewer 
drainage  of  any  building  until  the  application  has  been  ap- 
proved and  a  permit  issued  by  the  city  inspector.  After  the 
specifications  have  been  approved  no  alterations  shall  be  made 
except  upon  the  written  approval  of  the  city  inspector.  Any 
person,  or  persons,  who  shall  violate  this  section  or  any  part 


128  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA. 


thereof,  or  who  shall  in  any  manner  tamper  with  the  house 
connection  or  sewer  drainage  of  any  building  in  the  city  of 
Urbana  without  having  first  procured  a  written  permit  as 
herein  provided,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  3.  The  city  inspector  shall  be  notified  promptly  by 
the  plumber  when  the  plumbing  or  sewer  drainage  system  or 
any  portion  thereof  is  ready  for  inspection;  and  inspection 
shall  be  made  as  soon  thereafter  as  possible.  No  part  of  the 
work  shall  be  covered  or  concealed  until  after  it  has  been 
examined  by  the  inspector.  Any  part  of  the  work  put  in  and 
covered  without  the  said  inspection  must  be  uncovered  for 
examination  at  the  direction  of  the  inspector.  When  required 
by  the  city  inspector  the  owner  or  agent  or  plumber  of  any 
building  shall  have  the  entire  sewer  drainage  system  tested, 
including  all  soil,  waste  and  anti-syphon  pipes  and  traps  inside 
of  new  building,  and  also  of  the  entire  system  when  alterations 
are  made  in  old  buildings,  by  having  all  openings  stopped  and 
all  pipes  filled  with  water  to  the  highest  point.  Such  test  shall 
satisfy  the  inspector  that  there  are  no  leaks  or  flaws  in  the 
work.  Defective  pipes  or  joints  discovered  must  be  removed 
and  replaced  with  perfect  ones  and  every  part  of  the  work  in 
which  defects  are  found  must  be  made  to  conform  to  these 
rules  and  regulations.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  the 
provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not 
less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  4.  In  case  the  city  inspector  decides  that  any 
plumbing  or  sewer  drainage  work  is  not  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  as  hereinafter  set  forth,  no  use 
shall  be  made  of  such  plumbing  or  sewer  drainage;  nor  shall 
the  owner  allow  any  sewage  to  enter  the  house  drain  or  any 
public  sewer  of  this  city.  Any  person,  persons  or  corporation 
violating  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars,  and  a 
further  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  for  each  day  any 
sewage  is  permitted  to  enter  said  house  drain  or  sewer  system 
in  violation  of  this  section. 

Sec.  5.  The  main  sewer  drain  of  every  house  or  building 
shall  be  separately  connected  with  the  sewer  where  one  is 


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provided,  and  where  there  is  no  sewer  in  the  street,  and  it  is 
necessary  to  connect  with  one  in  an  adjacent  street,  such  sew- 
er plans  must  be  used  as  are  approved  by  the  city  engineer. 
That  part  of  the  main  sewer  drain  which  is  inside  the  building 
and  extending  to  a  point  four  feet  outside  of  the  foundation 
wall  shall  be  of  cast  iron  soil  pipe  of  size  approved  by  the  city 
inspector.  If  laid  beneath  the  ground  or*  cellar  floor  it  shall 
be  of  extra  heavy  cast  iron  soil  pipe  and  if  above  the  floor  it 
shall  be  of  standard  or  extra  heavy  cast  iron  soil  pipe  or  lead 
pipe.  That  part  of  the  main  sewer  drain  which  is  outside  ol 
the  building  and  not  nearer  than  four  feet  from  any  foundation 
wall  or  air  inlet  and  where  the  soil  is  of  sufficient  solidity  for  a 
proper  foundation  may  be  of  first-class,  salt-glazed,  vitrified 
sewer  pipe  of  the  hub  and  spigot  pattern,  free  from  flaws, 
splits,  cracks  or  other  defects.  The  pipe  must  be  laid  to  an 
even  grade  of  not  less  than  one-fourth  (1-4)  of  one  inch  to  the 
foot.  Each  pipe  must  have  a  solid  bearing  throughout  its 
entire  length,  except  that  a  groove  must  be  cut  in  the  bottom 
of  the  trench  under  each  bell  so  that  no  part  of  the  weight  of 
the  pipe  is  borne  by  the  bell.  The  pipe  shall  be  laid  with  hub 
end  up  grade — the  joints  to  be  completely  filled  with  cement 
mortar,  composed  of  one  part  best  hydraulic  cement,  and  one 
part  clean  sharp  sand,  thoroughly  mixed  dry  before  wetting. 
The  cement  must  be  mixed  in  small  quantities  and  used  as 
soon  as  mixed.  All  surplus  cement  must  be  immediately  re- 
moved from  the  inside  of  the  pipe.  The  hub  and  spigot  ends 
must  be  concentric.  After  the  pipe  is  laid  the  fillings  shall  be 
well  rammed  on  each  side  of  the  pipe.  All  changes  in  direc- 
tion, either  horizontal  or  vertical,  must  be  made  with  curved 
pipe. 

Sec.  6.  Connections  with  the  sewer  must  be  made  with 
"Y"  connections  and  the  sewer  must  not  be  broken  into  in 
making  connections.  Any  damage  to  the  sewer  must  be  paid 
for  by  the  person  having  the  connection  made. 

Sec.  7.  After  the  drain  has  been  laid  across  any  part  of 
street  or  parking  the  backfilling  must  be  well  and  faithfully 
done,  and  all  sidewalk,  curbing  and  parking  prevously  taken 
up  must  be  replaced  in  as  good  condition  as  it  was  previous 
to  the  opening  of  the  trench. 


130  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA. 

Sec.  8.  The  arrangement  of  soil  and  wasle  pipes  shall  be 
as  direct  as  possible,  and  they  shall  be  exposed  to  view  or 
placed  so  as  to  be  readily  accessible  for  inspection  and  repair- 
ing. When  necessarily  placed  within  partitions  or  recesses  in 
wall,  soil  and  waste  pipes  must  never  be  covered  except  with 
wood-work,  said  wood-work  to  be  so  fastened  with  screws 
(never  nails)  as  to  be  readily  removed.  Every  vertical  soil 
pipe  and  main  waste  pipe  must  be  of  cast  iron  or  wrought  iron, 
either  galvanized  or  covered  inside  and  out  with  coal  tar,  pitch, 
or  other  suitable  covering,  applied  hot  by  immersion.  No 
earthenware  or  sheet  metal  pipes  shall  be  used  in  any  part  of 
the  plumbing  or  drainage  system  of  any  building.  Every  ver- 
tical soil  and  main  vent  pipe  must  extend  at  least  two  feet 
above  the  roof  of  said  building,  except  where  said  roof  of  said 
building  is  lower  than  the  roof  of  an  adjoining  building,  then 
in  such  case  said  pipe  shall  extend  at  least  two  feet  above  the 
roof  of  said  adjoining  building. 

Sec.  9.  No  waste  pipe  or  trap  for  any  fixture  shall  be  of 
less  diameter  than  the  following  schedule: 

Wash  basin  i  1-4  inch. 

Bath  tub I  1-2  inch. 

Urinal    i  1-2  inch. 

Kitchen  sink i  I-2  inch. 

Slop  sink   I  1-2  inch. 

Laundry  tub i  1-2  inch. 

Water  closet 4       inches. 

Sec.  10.  All  joints  in  cast  iron  drain  pipes,  soil  pipes,  and 
waste  pipes  shall  be  so  filled  with  oakum  and  lead  and  hand 
caulked  so  as  to  make  them  gas  tight.  Wrought  iron  pipes 
must  be  connected  by  proper  couplings  with  screw  joints  ce- 
mented with  red  or  white  lead.  All  connections  between  lead 
and  cast  iron  pipes  must  be  made  with  suitable  brass  or  com- 
bination ferrules  connected  to  the  lead  pipe  with  wiped  solder 
joints  and  caulked  into  the  bell  of  the  iron  pipe  with  lead  and 
oakum.  Wrought  iron  pipes  by  means  of  brass  solder  nipples 
or  solder  unions  wiped  to  the  lead  pipe.  All  connections  of 
lead,  waste  and  vent  pipes  shall  be  made  by  means  of  wiped 
joints.     No  putty  or  cement  joints  shall  be  made. 

Sec.  II.  Every  water  closet,  urinal,  sink,  basin,  wash 
tray,    bath  and  every   tub  or    set  of  tubs  shall  be  effectually 


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trapped.  In  no  case  shall  the  waste  from  a  bath  tub  or  other 
fixture  be  connected  with  a  water  closet  trap.  Traps  must  be 
placed  as  near  the  fixtures  as  possible  and  in  no  case  shall  a 
trap  be  more  than  two  feet  from  the  fixture.  Each  and  every 
trap  shall  be  provided  with  a  suitable  opening  for  cleaning  pur- 
poses. Slop  sinks,  kitchen  sinks  and  pantry  sinks  in  all 
restaurants,  hotels,  eating  houses  and  boarding  houses  must  be 
provided  with  and  connected  to  a  grease  trap  of  approved 
pattern. 

Sec.  12.  All  waste  pipes  and  fixtures  other  than  water 
closets  must  be  provided  at  the  outlet  of  such  fixtures  with 
strong  metallic  strainers  to  exclude  from  such  waste  pipes  all 
substances  likely  to  obstruct  them. 

Sec.  13.  Every  branch  or  horizontal  line  of  soil  pipe  to 
Vv'hich  a  group  of  two  or  more  water  closets  is  connected  and 
every  branch  line  of  horizontal  soil  pipe  either  eight  feet  or 
more  in  length,  to  which  a  water  closet  is  to  be  connected, 
shall  be  ventilated,  either  by  extending  said  coil  pipes  undi- 
minished in  size  to  the  same  height  as  provided  for  soil  and 
main  vent  pipes  in  section  eight  of  this  chapter,  or  by  extend- 
ing said  soil  pipe  and  connecting  it  with  the  main  soil  pipe 
above  the  highest  fixtures,  or  by  ventilating  pipe  connected  to 
the  crown  of  each  water  closet  trap,  not  less  than  two  (2) 
inches  in  diameter  and  connecting  to  a  special  air  pipe  which 
shall  not  be  less  than  four  (4)  inches  in  diameter  or  by  con- 
necting said  ventilating  pipe  with  the  main  soil  pipe  above  the 
highest  fixture. 

Sec.  14.  All  traps  must  be  protected  from  syphonage 
and  waste  pipes  leading  from  them  ventilated  by  vent  pipes  of 
galvanized  iron  or  lead,  never  of  sheet  metal;  such  vent  pipes 
to  be  in  no  case  less  than  two  inches  in  internal  diameter  for 
water  closets  traps  and  for  other  traps  in  no  case  less  than  one 
size  smaller  than  the  waste  pipe  from  the  fixture  to  which  the 
trap  is  attached,  but  in  no  case  shall  the  vent  pipe  be  less  than 
one  and  one-quarter  (i  1-4)  inches  in  internal  diameter.  All 
vent  pipes  shall  be  carried  to  the  same  height  as  provided  for 
soil  and  main-vent  pipes  in  section  eight  of  this  chapter,  and 
open  into  the  open  air  or  connected  to  a  vertical  line  of  four 
(4)  inch  soil  pipe  above  the  highest  fixture,  and  no  vent  pipe 


132  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA. 


shall  be  less  than  two  (2)  internal  inches  diameter  from  a  point 
eighteen  (18)  inches  below  roof.  Anti-syphon  traps  may  be 
used  without  vent  pipes,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  city  in- 
spector.    No  vent  pipe  shall  be  used  as  a  waste  or  soil  pipe. 

Sec.  15.  Every  safe  under  a  wash  basin,  bath,  water 
closet  or  other  fixture  must  be  drained  by  a  special  pipe  not 
directly  connected  with  any  soil  pipe,  drain  or  sewer,  but  dis- 
charging into  an  open  sink  upon  the  cellar  floor  or  upon  the 
outside  of  the  house.  The  drain  pipe  from  refrigerators  shall 
not  be  directly  connected  with  any  soil  or  waste  pipe  or  with 
the  drain  or  sewer.  It  shall  discharge  into  an  open  and  water 
supplied  sink. 

Sec.  16.  Water  closets  must  never  be  placed  in  an  un- 
ventilated  room  or  compartment.  In  every  case  the  com- 
partment must  open  into  the  outer  air  or  be  ventilated  by 
means  of  a  shaft  or  air  duct,  which  shaft  shall  not  also  be  used 
to  ventilate  habitable  rooms.  All  water  closets  must  be  sup- 
plied with  water  from  special  tanks  or  cisterns  and  shall  be 
adequately  flushed.  Pan,  and  all  kinds  of  valve  and  plunger 
closets  are  strictly  prohibited,  provided,  however,  that  closets 
necessarily  placed  in  places  where  they  are  liable  to  freeze, 
may  be  provided  with  a  flushing  apparatus  to  be  approved  by 
the  inspector. 

Sec.  17.  No  steam  exhaust,  blow-off,  or  drip  pipe  from 
a  steam  boiler  shall  connect  with  or  discharge  into  the  sewer. 
Such  pipes  must  discharge  into  a  tank  or  condenser  having  a 
suitable  outlet.  Any  person,  persons,  or  coiporation  violat- 
ing this  section,  or  any  part  thereof,  shall  be  subject  to  a  pen- 
alty of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars,  and  a  further  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  a  day, 
for  each  day  such  connection  is  permitted  to  remain. 

Sec.  18.  Whoever  shall  make  any  connections  by  open- 
ing into  any  sewer  drain,  or  sewer,  directly  or  indirectly,  for 
drain  or  surface  water,  storm  water  or  roof  water  from  any 
building,  street  or  alley,  or  from  any  lot  or  other  place,  shall 
be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars  and  a  further  penalty  of  not  less  than 
five  dollars  per  day  for  every  day  on  which  such  connection  re- 
mains in  use. 


Ordinances  o-e  The  ciYy  op  urBana.  l^S 

Sec.  19.  No  person,  persons  or  corporation  shall,  di- 
rectly or  indirectly,  use  any  house  connection  with  sewer  by 
discharging  into  such  house  connection  with  sewer  any  offal 
or  garbage,  straw,  dead  animals,  vegetables,  table  or  other 
garbage,  cloth  or  rags.  Any  person,  persons  or  corporation 
violating  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall,  upon  conviction, 
be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  ofifense. 

Sec.  20.  Whoever  shall  directly  or  indirectly  make  or 
cause  to  be  made  connection  of  any  house  drain  or  sewer  with 
any  cess-pool,  privy  vault,  or  with  any  fixture  or  arrangement 
not  having  adequate  flushing  appliances  shall,  upon  convic- 
tion, be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars,  and  a  further  penalty  of  not 
less  than  five  dollars  per  day  for  every  day  during  which  such 
connection  may  be  used. 

Sec.  21.  Whoever  shall  directly  or  indirectly  make  or 
cause  to  be  made  connection  with  any  sewer  in  the  City  of  Ur- 
bana,  now  or  hereafter  established  by  ordinance  of  said  city, 
without  having  first  had  such  connection  approved  by  the  city 
inspector  as  provided  by  this  ordinance,  shall  be  subject  to  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hun- 
dred dollars  and  a  further  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars 
per  day  for  every  day  on  which  such  connection  remains  in  use. 

Sec.  22.  The  provisions  and  regulations  of  this  chapter 
shall  apply  to  the  connections  of  buildings  now  equipped  with 
plumbing;  and  the  plumbing  and  drainage  of  said  building 
must  conform  to  these  requirements  before  a  permit  will  be 
granted  to  connect  with  sewer  or  such  connections  made. 
Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be 
subject  to  a  penalty  Df  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars,  with  a  further  penalty  of  not  less 
than  five  dollars  for  each  day  which  such  connection  remains 
in  use. 

Sec.  23.  Whoever  shall  in  any  manner  damage  any 
sewer,  house  connection  thereto,  or  any  manhole,  lamphole, 
flush  tank,  outlet,  separating  tank  or  embankment  of  any 
sewer  now  or  hereafter  established  by  any  ordinance  of  the 
City  of  Urbana,  shall,  upon  conviction  be  subject  to  a  penalty 


134  ORDINANCES    OF   THE    CITY   OF    URBANA. 

of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars. 

Sec.  24.  The  breaking,  or  bursting,  or  leaking  of  any 
water  pipe  or  hydrant  or  other  fixture  at  or  near  any 
street  or  alley  so  as  to  cause  a  flow  of  water  into,  upon  or 
under  such  a  street  or  alley,  shall  be  and  hereby  is  declared 
a  nuisance.  In  case  of  a  flow  of  water  in  any  street,  alley  or 
public  ground  caused  by  the  breaking,  bursting  or  leaking  of 
any  water  pipe,  hydrant  or  other  fixture  in  such  guantity  as  to 
in  any  manner  injure  ihe  same,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city 
inspector  to  notify  the  lot  owner,  agent  or  lessee,  or  water 
company  owning  the  pipe  to  cause  the  same  to  be  repaired  at 
once.  In  the  event  of  the  refusal  or  neglect  of  the  lot  owner, 
agent  or  lessee,  or  owner  of  said  pipe  to  repair  the  same,  or  if 
such  lot  owner,  agent,  lessee  or  owner  of  said  pipe  cannot  be 
found,  then  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  inspector  to  employ 
a  licensed  master  plumber  to  turn  ofi  the  water  at  the  corpora- 
tion cock  and  leave  the  same  turned  ofT  until  the  lot  owner, 
agent,  lessee  or  owner  of  said  pipe  or  some  person  or  persons 
representing  the  same  shall  make  all  necessary  repairs  there- 
for. In  case  of  the  continued  neglect  or  refusal  of  said  lot 
owner,  agent,  lessee  or  owner  of  said  pipe  to  repair  or  cause 
to  be  repaired  such  break  or  injury  in  the  water  service,  as  is 
herein  or  hereby  contemplated,  the  city  inspector  shall  at  once 
proceed  to  repair  and  replace  said  break,  and  any  or  all  injury 
or  damage  caused  by  the  same,  by  competent  workmen  which 
he  shall  employ  for  that  purpose.  On  completion  of  said 
work  or  repairs  he  shall  render  or  cause  to  be  rendered  to  the 
lot  owner,  agent,  lessee  of  the  pipe  an  itemized  bill  for  such 
work  and  repair  for  the  payment  of  which  said  owner,  agent 
or  lessee  of  lot  or  owner  of  said  pipe  shall  be  held  liable;  and 
in  case  of  refusal  or  neglect  for  thirty  days  to  fully  pay  or 
adjust  the  same,  suit  shall  immediately  be  brought  against 
such  person  or  persons  for  the  collection  of  the  cost  of  said  re- 
pairs and  work. 

Sec.  25.  Where  gas  or  water  pipes  shall  be  laid  or  re- 
paired in  any  street,  alley  or  public  ground  of  the  city  by  gas 
or  water  companies,  such  work  shall  be  done  only  under 
special  permit  as  provided  for   in  regulating    excavations  or 


ORDINANCES   OI?   THE    CITY   OF   URBANA.  135 

trenches  in  the  streets,  avenues,  alleys  or  public  places.  The 
city  engineer  shall  designate  the  location  of  such  pipe  lines 
and  specify  the  time  when  such  work  shall  be  done.  It  shall 
be,  and  hereby  is,  made  the  duty  of  any  and  all  gas  companies 
and  water  companies  owning,  using  or  operating  any  pipe 
line  or  main  in  any  street  within  any  paving  district,  now  or 
hereafter  created  upon  the  same  being  ordered  paved  or  re- 
paved,  and  before  the  time  fixed  for  commencing  such  paving 
or  replacing,  to  cause  gas  and  water  connections  to  be  made 
in  front  of  each  lot  abutting  upon  that  portion  of  the  street 
ordered  paved  or  replaced,  from  such  pipe  line  or  main  to  a 
point  within  the  curb  line,  so  as  to  furnish  and  provide  each 
lot  in  such  block  with  a  sufficient  supply  of  gas  and  water  and 
in  such  a  manner  as  to  do  away  with  the  necessity  of  there- 
after opening  or  tearing  up  the  pavement  in  the  street  to  ob- 
tain such  supply  of  gas  or  water. 

Sec.  26.  Whenever  any  street,  alley  or  public  ground, 
or  any  part  thereof,  shall  be  or  is  about  to  be  put  under  con- 
tract for  paving  or  repaving,  the  city  clerk  of  said  city  shall 
make  out  and  deliver  to  the  superintendent  of  streets,  a  notice 
notifying  all  persons  interested  of  the  purpose  to  pave  or  re- 
place such  street,  alley,  or  public  ground  or  part  thereof,  and 
require  the  owners  of  property  abutting  upon  said  proposed 
improvement,  and  also  all  gas  and  water  companies,  that  all 
gas,  water  and  sewer  connections  and  drain  tile  connections  in, 
through  or  under  such  street,  alley  or  public  ground,  must  be 
made  prior  to  such  paving  or  replacing.  Said  notice  shall 
state  at  what  date  such  connections  shall  be  made,  and  shall 
be  served  upon  the  resident  owner,  or  agent,  or  tenant  of  any 
non-resident  owner,  and  upon  the  proper  officer,  agent  or 
manager  of  any  gas  company,  by  delivering  a  copy  of  said  no- 
tice at  least  ten  days  prior  to  the  commencement  or  work 
under  the  contract  for  paving  or  repairing.  The  superin- 
tendent of  streets  shall  return  to  the  city  clerk  the  originals  of 
all  notices  so  served  by  him,  with  a  certificate  thereon  under 
his  hand,  showing  the  date  and  manner  of  service  of  the  same. 
And  no  permit  to  make  any  excavation,  or  trench,  or  to  re- 
move any  portion  of  the  pavement  in  any  street,  alley  or  public 
ground  so  paved  shall  be  granted  to  any  person  whomsoever, 


136  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  tJRBANA. 

for  the  use  or  benefit  of  any  property  owner,  gas  or  water 
company,  or  individual  supplying  gas  or  water  to  said  city  or 
the  inhabitants  thereof,  or  to  any  tenant  upon  whom  said  no- 
tice has  been  served,  and  who  has  failed  or  neglected  to  make 
such  connections  before  such  paving  was  done  as  required  by 
this  section,  except  by  consent  of  the  city  council,  and  upon 
such  terms  and  conditions  as  it  shall  prescribe. 

Sec.  27.  No  excavations  or  trenches  in  any  street,  ave- 
nue, alley  or  public  ground  in  the  City  of  Urbana  for  sewer, 
drain,  water  or  gas  pipes  or  for  any  other  purposes  shall  be 
made  by  any  person  or  corporation  without  a  special  permit. 
Permits  to  make  such  excavations  or  trenches  shall  be  issued 
by  the  city  clerk  only  to  such  persons,  firms,  companies  or  cor- 
porations as  have  executed  to  the  City  of  Urbana  a  bond  with 
two  or  more  sureties  which  shall  be  approved  by  the  city  coun- 
cil. Said  bonds  shall  be  in  the  sum  of  two  thousand  dollars 
($2,000.00)  for  all  gas  and  water  companies,  and  one  thousand 
dollars  ($1,000.00)  for  all  other  persons,  companies,  firms  or 
corporations,  and  shall  be  conditioned  that  said  persons,  com- 
paines,  firms  or  corporations  will  indemnify  and  save  harmless 
the  City  of  Urbana  from  all  accidents  and  damages  caused  by 
negligence,  either  in  the  execution  or  protection  of  the  work, 
or  from  unfaithful  or  inadequate  work,  or  from  the  defective 
nature  of  the  materials  used  in  the  work,  or  from  violations  of 
any  of  the  provisions  of  the  ordinances  of  the  City  of  Urbana, 
and  which  shall  also  provide  that  the  said  person,  firm,  com- 
pany or  corporation  shall  keep  any  pavement  or  street  surface 
which  may  be  removed  by  them  in  making  said  excavations 
or  trenches,  in  as  good  condition  as  it  was  before  being  re- 
moved, for  the  space  of  twelve  months  thereafter,  and  shall  re- 
pair said  pavement  or  street  surface  when  required  by  the  city 
inspector,  and  in  such  manner  as  he  may  direct.  No  appli- 
cant for  a  special  permit  of  this  kind  shall  be  released  from  his 
obligation  to  the  city  until  the  permit  is  returned  to  the  office 
of  the  city  clerk  bearing  the  endorsement  of  the  street  superin- 
tendent, certifying  that  the  excavation  or  trench  permitted  to 
be  made  has  been  refilled  and  pavement,  if  any,  replaced  to  his 
satisfaction.  For  this  supervision  and  issuance  of  permit  the 
city  clerk  shall  collect  from  the  applicant  a  fee  of  one  dollar 


ORt)INANC]ES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA.  13^ 

($i.oo)  to  be  paid  when  permit  is  issued,  fifty  cents  of  which 
shall  be  retained  by  said  clerk  as  his  fee  and  the  balance  there- 
of shall  be  paid  to  the  city  treasurer  to  reimburse  said  city  for 
the  cost  of  such  supervision. 

Sec.  28.  Trenches  in  public  streets  or  alleys  shall  be  ex- 
cavated so  as  to  impede  the  public  travel  as  little  as  possible. 
The  crossing  of  gutters  and  all  water-ways  shall  be  left  in  such 
shape  as  to  admit  of  the  ready  escape  of  water  during  storms. 
Planks  shall  also  be  provided  where  sidewalks  or  crossings 
are  open  so  as  to  faciliate  easy  crossing  over  the  trenches. 

Sec.  29.  Red  lights  shall  be  kept  around  all  unfinished 
work  at  night,  and  fences  or  other  suitable  and  sufficient  bar- 
ricade against  accident  shall  be  placed  around  excavations  at 
all  times. 

Sec.  30.  Work  in  public  streets  must  not  be  unneces- 
sarily delayed,  and  when  directed  by  the  city  engineer,  street 
superintendent,  or  inspector,  the  number  of  workmen  shall  be 
increased  to  hasten  work,  as  shall  be  deemed  necessary  for 
public  interest. 

Sec.  31.  Trenches  in  depth  of  six  feet  or  over,  and  in  all 
made  or  other  treacherous  soils,  or  near  large  brick  building 
walls,  shall  be  properly  braced,  and  the  party  excavating,  and 
his  bondsmen,  shall  be  liable  for  all  damages  by  reason  of  ne- 
glect in  this  respect. 

Sec.  32.  The  refilling  of  all  trenches,  if  in  unpaved 
streets  or  alleys,  shall  be  well  and  thoroughly  done  in  uniform 
layers  of  not  exceeding  nine  inches,  and  tamped  with  a  tamper 
of  not  less  than  forty-pound  weight,  or  with  puddled  earth,  as 
may  be  decided  by  the  officer  having  charge  of  such  work,  or 
the  inspector  assigned  to  such  duty,  so  as  to  replace  all  ex- 
cavated material  and  leave  the  surface  in  as  good  condition  as 
found  before  the  commencement  of  the  work. 

Sec.  33.  The  refilling  of  all  trenches  on  paved  streets 
or  alleys  shall  be  carefully  and  thoroughly  done,  to  the  satis- 
faction of  the  city  engineer,  and  all  paving  material  shall  be 
renewed  or  replaced  in  as  perfect  and  substantial  condition  as 
before  excavating,  and  in  the  event  of  settling  within  twelve 
months  after  being  refilled,  such  officer  shall  have  the  right, 
and  it  shall  be  his  duty,  to  demand  and  require  its  restoration 


138  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  UKBANA. 


by  the  party  who  made  such  excavation,  and  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  party  making  such  excavation  to  proceed  to  make 
good  such  work  within  twenty-four  hours  after  such  a  de- 
mand, and  to  complete  the  same  within  a  reasonable  time 
thereafter.  All  surplus  material  in  all  cases  of  excavation 
shall  be  taken  off  the  street  at  once,  delivered  at  such  points 
as  such  officer  may  direct.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  any  party 
making  any  excavation  in  any  paved  street  or  alley,  imme- 
diately upon  the  completion  of  the  work  of  said  excavation,  to 
cause  the  same  to  be  repaved.  Any  person,  persons  or  corpor- 
ation violating  the  provisions  of  any  section  of  this  chaptei 
where  no  other  penalty  is  provided,  shall  be  subject  to  a  pen- 
alty of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars  for  each  offense. 


CHAPTER  XXXVI. 

POLICE   DEPARTMENT. 

SECTION— 

1.  Police  departn-L-nt  shall  consist  of  whom. 

2.  Appointment   of   policeman. 

3.  Bond  and  oath  of  policemen. 

4.  Duties  of  mayor. 

5.  City  marshal,  chief  of  police — have  central  station,  etc. 

6.  Marshal  custodian  of  property. 

7.  Reports  of  city  marshal  monthly  and  annually. 

8.  Absence  of  maishal. 

9.  Day  and  night  force — beats,  etc. 

10.  Police  record. 

11.  Special  police. 

12.  Temporary  police. 

13.  Duties  of  police. 

14.  Power  to  arrest,  serve  warrants,  etc. 

15.  Search  warrant. 

16.  Policemen  not  to  enter  dram  shop  when  on  duty,  etc. 

17.  Neglect  of  duty,  etc. 

18.  Causes   for   removal. 

19.  Prisoners   drunk  when   arrested. 

Section  i.  The  Police  department  of  the  city  shall  con- 
sist of  the  Mayor,  the  Aldermen,  Police  Magistrate,  City 
Marshal  and  such  Policemen  and  Watchmen  as  may  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  Mayor  and  City  Council. 


ORDINANCES    OF   THE    CITY   OF    URBANA.  139 

Sec.  2.  The  Mayor  shall,  at  the  beginning  of  each 
municipal  year,  or  within  a  reasonable  time  thereafter,  and  by 
and  with  the  consent  of  the  City  Council,  appoint  a  City  Mar- 
shal and  such  a  number  of  policemen  as  the  City  Council 
shall  by  ordinance  or  resolution  authorize,  who  shall  be  duly 
commissioned  as  other  city  oiBcers  are  by  law  required. 

Sec.  3.  Each  policeman  or  watchman  shall,  before  en- 
tering upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  take  and  subscribe  to  the 
same  oath  required  by  other  city  officers,  and  shall  also  exe- 
cute a  bond,  payable  to  the  city,  with  security  to  be  approved 
by  the  City  Council,  in  the  penal  sum  of  two  thousand  dol- 
lars, conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties 
of  his  office,  and  the  payment  of  all  moneys  received  by  him, 
according  to  law  and  the  ordinances  of  said  city. 

Sec.  4.  The  Mayor  shall  exercise  a  general  supervision 
and  control  over  the  police  department,  and  shall  see  that  the 
various  police  officers  are  prompt  and  efficient  in  the  discharge 
of  their  duties,  and  he  shall  from  time  to  time  take  such 
measures  for  the  preservation  of  the  public  peace  and  good 
order,  and  for  the  prompt  and  efficient  execution  of  the  laws 
of  the  state  and  the  ordinances  of  the  city  as  may  be  deemed 
most  expedient  and  the  best  to  accomplish  the  purposes  con- 
templated. 

Sec.  5.  The  city  marshal  shall  be  the  chief  of  police,  and 
all  policemen  and  watchmen,  except  otherwise  provided  by 
ordinance,  shall  be  subject  to  his  direction  and  control.  The 
marshal  and  each  policeman  shall  have  a  station  in  some  cen- 
tral location  where  he  shall  attend  at  all  reasonable  hours,  ex- 
cept when  absent  on  duty;  and  all  police  officers  shall  render 
prompt  and  effi^cient  aid  to  each  other  in  the  discharge  of  their 
duties. 

Sec.  6.  The  city  marshal  shall  be  the  custodian  of  all 
property  provided  by  the  city  for  the  use  of  the  police  depart- 
ment. He  shall  also  be  the  custodian  of  all  stolen  goods  or 
other  property  received  and  retained  under  the  police  au- 
thority. 

Sec.  7.  The  city  marshal  shall  make  to  the  City  Council, 
at  each  regular  meeting  thereof,  and  also  at  the  end  of  each 
■  nunicipai  year  thereof,  a  report  in  writing  of  the  doings  of  his  de- 


140  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  tJRBANA. 

partment  since  the  last  report.  Said  report  shall  set  fortn 
the  number  of  arrests,  by  whom  made,  and  on  what  charges; 
the  number  of  prosecutions  for  the  recovery  of  fines,  before 
what  magistrate  brought,  how  disposed  of,  the  amount  of  fines 
and  costs  assessed,  and  the  amount  collected  in  money  or  la- 
bor, together  with  a  statement  of  all  property  received  by  him 
during  the  period  covered  by  such  report,  by  virtue  of  his 
ofifice. 

Sec.  8.  The  city  marshal  shall  not  absent  himself  from 
the  city  without  permission^  from  the  Mayor;  and  in  case  of 
such  absence  the  Mayor  shall  designate  some  member  of  the 
police  force  to  assume  the  duties  of  marshal,  who  shall  be  the 
acting  city  marshal,  and  shall  possess  all  the  power  and  au- 
thority of  the  city  marshal. 

Sec.  9.  The  city  marshal  shall  divide  the  police  force 
into  two  classes,  to  be  respectively  known  as  the  day  and  night 
force.  In  making  such  division,  provision  may  be  made  for 
the  interchanging  of  the  different  members  of  the  force  from 
one  class  to  the  other,  as  he  may  deem  best.  He  shall  also 
locate  and  establish  beats  and  stations  throughout  the  city  to 
be  occupied  by  the  different  members  of  the  force  when  on 
duty,  and  shall  fix  the  hours  for  each  relief  or  class.  He  shall 
also  rp'^ort  his  action  under  this  section  to  the  City  Council, 
and  the  same  shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  thereof. 

Sec.  10.  The  city  marshal  shall  provide  a  suitable  police 
record,  which  shall  be  kept  at  the  police  station,  and  in  which 
each  officer  making  an  arrest  shall  enter  the  name  of  the  per- 
son arrested,  where  arrested,  on  what  charge,  what  property, 
if  any,  was  taken  or  found  on  such  person,  and  how  disposed 
of,  and  shall  also  record  his  own  name  as  the  officer  making 
the  arrest. 

Sec.  II.  The  Mayor  may,  by  and  with  the  consent  of 
the  City  Council,  and  upon  the  application  of  any  corpora- 
tion, association,  firm  or  individual,  appoint  any  suitable  per- 
son in  the  employ  of  such  applicant,  a  special  policeman  in 
and  for  said  city;  such  special  policeman  shall,  before  entering 
upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  take  the  same  oath  and  execute 
a  bond  to  the  city  in  the  same  amount,  and  with  like  condi- 
tions as  required  of  other  police  officers,  except,  that  in  such 


ORDINANCBS  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA.  141 

commission,  he  shall  be  designated  as  a  special  policeman. 
Such  appointment  shall  not  extend  beyond  the  municipal 
year,  and  when  such  special  policeman  has  been  duly  qualified 
as  aforesaid,  he  shall  possess  all  the  power  and  be  obeyed  the 
same  as  members  of  the  regular  police  force;  Provided,  such 
special  policeman  shall  not  receive  any  compensation  from 
the  city  for  his  services.  The  Mayor  may  revoke  such  ap- 
pointment at  any  time  he  may  deem  proper. 

Sec.  12.  Whenever  it  may  be  deemed  necessary  for  the 
preservation  of  public  order  or  private  or  public  property,  the 
Mayor,  by  and  with  the  advice  of  the  City  Council,  may  ap- 
point such  a  number  of  temporary  policemen  as  the  City 
Council  may  direct,  to  serve  for  such  period  as  the  Council 
may  determine.  Such  policemen  shall  take  the  same  oath 
as  required  of  other  ofificers,  and  give  a  bond  in  the  same 
amount  as  required  of  other  police  officers,  conditioned  as  by 
law  required,  with  surety  to  be  appioved  by  the  Mayor. 
They  shall  also  be  commissioned  the  same  as  other  policemen; 
and  when  so  qualified  they  shall  possess  the  same  power,  per- 
form the  same  duties,  and  be  subject  to  the  same  obligations 
as  the  regular  police  force.  Such  policemen  shall  receive 
such  compensation  as  may  be  agreed  upon,  or  as  may  be  pro- 
vided by  the  City  Council. 

Sec.  13.  The  several  members  of  the  police  force,  when 
on  duty,  shall  devote  their  time  and  attention  to  the  discharge 
of  the  duties  of  their  office  according  to  the  ordinances  of  the 
city  and  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  police  department. 
They  shall,  to  the  best  of  their  ability,  preserve  order,  quiet  and 
peace  throughout  the  city,  and  enforce  all  the  ordinances  of 
the  city.  Every  policeman  shall  report  to  the  marshal  or 
Mayor,  all  persons  known  or  suspected  to  be  gamblers,  re- 
ceivers of  stolen  goods,  thieves,  burglars  or  disorderly  per- 
sons,, and  also  all  unlawful  or  disorderly  houses  or  places, 
within  said  city,  coming  to  his  knowledge,  as  well  as  all  vio- 
ations  of  the  laws  of  the  state  or  the  oidinances  of  the  city,  re- 
ported to  him  or  of  which  he  may  be  cognizant;  and  when  it 
shall  come  to  the  knowledge  of  any  policeman  that  any  city 
ordinance  has  been  violated,  such  member  shall  forthwith 
cause  a  complaint  to  be  made  before  a  police  magistrate,   or 


142  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA. 


justice  of  the  peace  within  the  city,  and  the  proper  witnesses 
to  be  subpoened  and  evidence  procured  for  the  successful 
prosecution  of  the  offender. 

Sec.  14.  The  city  marshal  and  each  policeman  of  said 
city  shall  have  power  to  arrest  or  cause  to  be  arrested,  with  or 
without  process,  all  persons  who  shall  be  found  in  the  act  of 
committing  a  breach  of  the  peace,  or  be  found  violating  any 
ordinance  of  the  City  of  Urbana,  or  any  criminal  law  of  the 
State  of  Illinois,  or  found  under  suspicious  circumstances  and 
unable  to  give  a  satisfactory  account  of  their  doings,  and  may 
commit  such  persons  so  arrested  for  examination,  and  if  neces- 
sary detain  them  in  custody  over  night  or  Sunday,  in  the  city 
prison  or  other  safe  place,  or  until  they  can  be  brought  before 
the  proper  magistrate.  All  warrants  for  the  violation  of  ordi- 
nances, and  all  criminal  warrants  to  whomsoever  directed; 
may  be  served  and  executed  within  the  corporate  limits  of 
said  city  by  any  policeman  thereof.  [See  laws,  1897,  State  of 
Illinois.] 

Sec.  15.  Whenever  the  city  marshal  or  any  police  officer 
is  satisfied  that  there  is  reasonable  cause  for  searching  any 
house,  building,  apartment,  room  or  place,  for  property  that 
has  been  stolen,  embezzled,  or  fraudulently  obtained  by  false 
tokens  or  pretenses;  or  for  counterfeit  or  spurious  money,  or 
tools,  machinery  or  materials  for  making  the  same;  or  for 
gaming  apparatus,  or  implements  used  or  kept  and  provided 
to  be  used  in  unlawful  gaming,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  mar- 
shal, or  policeman,  to  swear  out  a  search  warrant  for  the 
search  of  such  premises,  as  by  the  statute  of  the  State  of  Illi- 
nois provided. 

Sec.  16.  No  policeman,  while  on  duty,  shall  enter  any 
dram  shop  or  place  where  intoxicating  liquors  are  sold,  except 
to  quiet  a  disturbance  or  to  make  an  arrest,  or  when  officially 
called. 

Sec.  17.  Any  member  of  the  police  force  who  shall  neg- 
lect or  refuse  to  perform  any  duty  required  of  him  by  the 
ordinances  of  the  city,  or  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the 
police  department,  or  who  shall,  in  the  discharge  of  his  official 
duties,  be  guilty  of  any  fraud,  extortion,  oppression,  favoritism 
or  willful  wrong  or  injustice,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty 


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of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars 
and  shall  be  subject  to  removal  from  office. 

Sec.  1 8.  The  following  offenses  shall  be  deemed  suffi- 
cient causes  for  removal  of  the  city  marshal  or  any  member  of 
the  poHce  force: 

First.  Disobedience  of  the  orders  of  the  Mayor,  City 
Council  or  Marshal. 

Second.     Drunkenness. 

Third.  Holding  familiar  conversation  on  the  streets 
wiMi  prostitutes,  or  associating  with  rowdies  or  gamblers. 

Fourth.  Violent,  insolent  or  abusive  language  to  a 
superior  officer,  or  to  any  citizen,  resident  or  stranger. 

Fifth.  Drinking  intoxicating  liquor,  wine  or  beer, 
while  on  duty,  or  entering  any  saloon,  gambling  house,  or 
house  of  ill-fame,  while  on  duty,  except  in  the  discharge  of 
the  duties  of  his  office. 

Sixth.  Accepting  or  receiving  from  any  person,  while 
w  custody,  or  after  he  shall  have  been  discharged,  or  from 
i'ny  of  such  person's  friends,  any  gratuity,  gift,  pay  or  reward. 

Seventh.  Communicating  to  any  person  any  infor- 
m.ntion  which  may  lead  to  the  escape  from  arrest  or  punish- 
\reut  of  persons  accused  of  any  crime,  misdemeanor,  or  viola- 
tion of  any  city  ordinance. 

Eighth.  Leaving  the  city  without  permission,  in 
writing,  from  the  Mayor,  unless  in  pursuit  of  offenders  fleeing 
from  arrest. 

Ninth.  Leaving  his  beat  or  post,  during  his  hours  of 
duty,  except  in  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office;  or 
going  to  sleep  during  his  hours  of  service. 

Tenth.  Charging  or  receiving  any  fee  or  compensa- 
tion, other  than  his  legal  salary,  or  receiving  or  accepting  any 
present  or  reward  for  police  services  rendered,  or  to  be  ren- 
dered, unless  with  the  written  permission  of  the  Mayor,  first 
had  and  obtained. 

Eleventh.  Failure  to  inforce  the  ordinances  of  the  city. 
■  Sec.  19.  Whenever  any  person  arrested  for  any  offense 
shall,  at  the  time  of  his  arrest  be  drunk  or  intoxicated,  the  offi- 
cer making  the  arrest  shall  take  such  person  to  the  police 
headquarters  and  confine  him  in  the  city  prison  until  he  shall 
become  sober;  and  he  shall  then  be  taken  before  a  police 
magistrate  for  trial  as  provided  in  other  cases. 


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CHAPTER  XXXVII. 

POLICE    PRACTICE. 
SECTION— 

1.  Police  magistrate— term  four  years— bond— fees. 

2.  Actions  brought  in  corporate  name  of  city,  etc. 
:.     Summons — warrant. 

4.  Trial  of  person  arrested— continuance— bail. 

5.  Arrests  at  night,   Sunday,  etc. 

6.  City  attorney  r.le  written  statement,  etc. 

7.  Arrests    without   warrant. 

8.  Giving  recognizance. 

9.  Officers  as  witnesses. 

10.  Witness  and  jury  fees. 

11.  Malicious  suits — costs  against  prosecutor. 

12.  Commitment  of  prisoner,  etc. 

13.  Magistrate  to  acsess  fine  for  violation  of  ordinance,  etc. 

14.  Person  convicted  required  to  work — when 

15.  City  marshal  to  deliver  prisoner  to  street  superintendent,  etc. 

16.  Person  refusing  to  work,  etc. 

17.  Payment  of  fine — entitled  to  discharge. 

18.  Officer  to  report  to  council  names,  days,  labor,  etc. 

19.  Police  magistrate  to  pay  cash  collected  monthly,  and  make  re- 

ports monthly  and  annually. 

Section  i.  Every  four  years  there  shall  be  elected  in  and 
for  the  City  of  Urbana,  a  police  magistrate,  at  the  time,  and  in 
the  manner  provided  by  the  statutes  of  the  State  of  lUinois, 
for  the  election  of  such  oi^cer,  who  shall  hold  his  office  for 
four  years.  The  police  magistrate  shall  file  such  bonds  as  re- 
quired by  law  and  take  the  same  oath  as  other  city  officers.  He 
shall  have  the  same  fees  in  all  city  cases  as  are  provided  by 
law  for  justices  of  the  peace. 

Sec.  2.  All  actions  brought  to  recover  any  fine,  or  to  en- 
force any  penalty  under  any  ordinance  of  said  city  shall  be 
brought  in  the  corporate  name  of  said  city  as  plaintiff.  No 
prosecution,  recovery  or  acquittal  for  the  violation  of  any  such 
ordinance  shall  constitute  a  defense  to  any  other  prosecution 
of  the  same  party  for  any  violation  of  the  same  ordinance  or 
section,  although  the  different  causes  of  action  existed  at  the 
same  time,  and  if  united  would  not  have  exceeded  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  court  or  magistrate. 

Sec.  3.  In  all  actions  for  the  violation  of  any  ordinance 
or  section,  the  first  process  shall  be  a  summons;  Provided, 


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however^  that  a  warrant  for  the  offender  may  issue  in  the 
first  instance  upon  the  affidavit  of  any  person  that  any  such 
ordinance  has  been  violated,  stating  in  substance  the  manner 
of  the  violation,  and  that  the  person  making  the  complaint  has 
reasonable  grounds  to  believe  and  does  believe  the  party 
charged  is  guilty  thereof;  and  any  person  arrested  upon  such 
warrant  shall,  without  unnecessary  delay,  be  taken  before  the 
proper  court  to  be  tried  for  the  alleged  offense. 

Sec.  4.  Whenever  any  person  shall  be  arrested  for  any 
offense,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  tlie  police  officer  making  the 
arrest,  to  take  the  prisoner  to  the  police  headquarters,  and  a 
record  of  the  arrest  shall  be  made  in  the  book  kept  for  that 
purpose.  If  any  police  magistrate  is  at  his  office,  the  prisoner 
shall  be  immediately  taken  before  such  magistrate,  and  if  the 
city  and  the  prisoner  are  both  ready,  a  trial  may  at  once  be 
had,  but  either  party  may  have  a  continuance  for  a  reasonable 
time  to  procure  witnesses,  or  for  other  good  cause  shown;  and 
the  prisoner  shall  enter  into  a  recognizance,  with  surety  to  be 
approved  by  the  magistrate,  for  his  appearance,  at  the  time 
of  trial;  and  in  default  of  such  recognizance,  he  shall  be  con- 
fined in  the  city  prison  until  the  time  fixed  for  trial,  and  until 
the  further  order  of  the  court. 

Sec.  5.  All  prisoners  arrested  in  the  night  time,  or  at 
any  other  times  when  no  police  magistrate's  court  shall  be 
open,  shall  be  taken  to  police  headquarters,  and  a  like  record 
made  as  before  provided,  and  the  prisoner  shall  be  confined 
in  the  city  prison  until  the  next  morning,  or  until  a  trial  can 
be  had,  or,  if  arrested  on  Saturday  night,  or  on  Sunday,  then 
he  shall  be  confined  as  aforesaid  until  Monday  morning,  when 
the  prisoner!  shall  be  taken  before  a  police  magistrate  and  a 
trial  had,  or  the  case  continued  as  provided  in  the  preceding 
section. 

Sec.  6.  When  any  suit  shall  be  commenced  by  summons 
in  the  name  of  the  city  before  any  court  or  magistrate  for  any 
fine  or  penalty,  the  city  attorney  shall  file  a  written  statement, 
signed  by  him,  stating  the  title  of  the  case,  the  name  of  the 
defendant,  the  ordinance  or  section  of  ordinance  violated,  the 
manner  of  violation  and  the  time  and  place  where  violated. 

Sec.  7.     Whenever  any  person  shall  be  lawfully  arrested 


146  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA. 


without  a  warrant,  and  brought  before  any  court  for  trial, 
no  process  shall  be  necessary,  but  the  statement  required  by 
the  preceding  section  hereof  shall  be  made  and  filed  as  therein 
provided,  and  the  magistrate  before  whom  such  person  is 
brought  shall  enter  the  case  on  his  docket  as  in  other  cases. 

Sec.  8.  Any  person  who  may  be  arrested  by,  or  in  the 
custody  of  any  officer,  for  the  violation  of  any  ordinance  of  the 
city,  may  release  himself  from  custody  or  imprisonment  Tby 
enterinp-  into  bail  or  recognizance  before  such  of^cer  or  before 
any  poHce  magistrate  or  other  court  in  such  reasonable 
amount  and  with  such  sureties  or  surety  as  may  be  required 
cl  him,  and  conditioned  that  he  will  appear  before  the  magis- 
trate or  court  named  therein,  at  the  time  named  therein,  and 
from  day  to  day  thereafter  or  until  the  determination  of  said 
cause  and  remain  and  answer  the  oiifense  with  which  he  stands 
charged  and  await  his  trial  thereon,  and  not  depart  the  court 
without  leave.  The  amount  of  the  penalty  of  the  bond  or 
recognizance  shall  be  proportioned  to  the  offense  charged, 
and  such  bond  or  recognizance  shall  be  filed  with  the  magis- 
trate of  the  court  named  therein,  by  the  officer  taking  the 
same;  and  if  the  offender  shall  fail  to  appear  or  shall  otherwise 
fail  to  comply  with  the  conditions  thereof,  the  same  shall  be 
adjudged  forfeited,  and  suit  shall  forthwith  be  brought  there- 
on against  the  offender  and  his  surety  or  sureties,  for  the  full 
amount  of  the  penalty  thereof,  and  judgment  shall  be  rendered 
by  the  court  for  the  same  and  all  costs,  or  for  so  much  of  said 
penalty  as  may  be  adjudged  just  and  proper  upon  examination 
of  the  facts  in  the  case. 

Sec.  9.  All  officers  making  arrests  shall  attend  as  wit- 
nesses before  the  court  where  such  trial  shall  be  had,  and  shall 
procure  all  necessary  evidence  in  their  power,  and  furnish  a 
Hst  of  all  witnesses  to  the  court  or  to  the  city  attorney. 

Sec.  10.  Witnesses  and  jurors  attending  before  any 
police  magistrate  or  other  court  in  any  suit  or  action  for  any 
fine  or  penalty  arising  under  the  ordinances  of  the  city  shall, 
in  case  judgment  is  obtained  against  the  offender  and  collected 
from  him,  be  entitled  to  the  same  fees  as  in  like  cases  before 
justices  of  the  peace.  But  no  costs  of  any  kind  shall  be  taxed 
against  or  collected  of  the  city. 


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Sec.  II.  The  city  attorney  shall  not  be  compelled  to 
bring  or  prosecute  any  suit  in  any  case  where  he  and  the  court 
may  be  satisfied  that  the  complaint  is  instituted  maliciously  or 
vexatiously,  and  without  any  probable  cause,  and  that  the  in- 
terests of  the  public  or  of  the  city  will  not  be  subserved  there- 
by. And  if  any  person  charged  with  any  offense  shall,  upon 
his  trial  therefor,  be  acquitted,  and  it  shall  satisfactorily  appear 
to  the  court  that  the  complaint  or  prosecution  was  instituted 
maliciously  or  vexatiously,  and  without  probable  cause,  judg- 
ment may  be  rendered  against  the  complainant  or  prosecutor 
for  the  costs  arising  in  the  case,  and  execution  issued  for  the 
collection  of  the  same. 

Sec.  12.  Any  person  upon  whom  any  fine  or  penalty  shall 
be  imposed,  may,  by  order  of  the  court,  or  magistrate  before 
whom  the  conviction  is  had,  be  committed  to  the  county  jail, 
city  prison,  workhouse,  or  other  place  provided  by  the  city  for 
the  incarceration  of  ofifenders  until  such  fine,  penalty  and  costs 
shall  be  fully  paid;  Provided^  That  no  such  imprisonment 
shall  exceed  six  months  for  any  one  offense. 

Sec.  13.  If,  upon  the  hearing  of  any  suit  or  proceeding 
for  the  violation  of  an  ordinance  of  the  city,  the  defendant  is 
found  guilty,  the  court  shall  impose  such  fine  as  may  be  pro- 
vided by  said  ordinance,  or  as  may  be  fixed  by  the  jury,  when 
tried  by  jury,  and  its  judgment  may  be,  "That  the  defendant 

be  fined  in  the  sum  of dollars  and  costs  of  said  suit, 

taxed  at dollars  and  that  the  defendant  stand  com- 
mitted until  such  fine  and  costs  are  fully  paid ;  and  if  such  costs 
and  fine  are  not  fully  paid,  that  the  defendant  be  imprisoned 
in  the  city  prison  not  exceeding  six  months,  or  labor  on  the 
streets  days;"  which  number  of  days  labor  exclu- 
sive of  his  board  shall  not  exceed  one  day  for  each  fifty  cents 
of  such  fine  and  costs. 

Sec.  14.  When  any  person  shall  be  so  committed  by  any 
court  for  a  fine  or  penalty  he  shall  be  required  to  work  for  the 
city  upon  the  streets  and  alleys  thereof  at  such  labor  as  his 
strength  will  permit,  or  at  such  other  labor  or  employment  as 
may  be  provided  by  the  City  Council,  within  and  without  the 
place  of  his  confinement,  not  exceeding  ten  hours  each  work- 
ing day,  and  for  such  work  he  shall  be  allowed,  exclusive  of 


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his  board,  fifty  cents  for  each  day's  work  on  account  of  the 
fine  and  costs  adjudged  against  him. 

Sec.  15.  Whenever  any  person  against  whom  judgment 
for  violation  of  any  ordinance  of  the  City  of  Urbana  is  ren- 
dered by  any  court  or  magistrate,  and  such  person  is  by  the 
order  of  such  court  or  magistrate  required  to  stand  committed 
or  labor  upon  the  streets  of  said  city  until  such  fine  and  costs 
are  fully  paid,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  superintendent  of 
streets  of  said  city  to  take  and  receive  such  person  from  the 
city  marshal  and  work  him  upon  the  streets  not  to  exceed  ten 
hours  each  working  day  until  such  judgment  and  costs  exclu- 
sive of  his  board  shall  be  fully  satisfied  according  to  law;  and 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  marshal  in  the  morning  of  each 
day  following  such  conviction  to  take  and  deliver  such  person 
or  persons  to  the  superintendent  of  streets,  at  such  place  as  he 
may  be  then  working  or  superintending  work  on  the  streets 
of  said  city;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  superintendent 
cf  streets  to  accept  and  put  to  work  such  person  or  persons  dur- 
ing the  working  hours  of  said  day,  and  at  noon  and  evening  of 
such  dav  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  marshal  to  present 
himself  to  the  city  superintendent  of  streets  for  the  purpose  of 
taking  and  receiving  such  person  or  persons  and  to  place  such 
person  or  persons  in  the  city  prison  until  after  the  dinner  hour, 
and  during  the  night  time  of  such  day.  And  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  city  marshal  at  the  time  of  delivering  such  prisoner 
or  prisoners,  to  put  a  ball  and  chain  upon  the  leg  of  such  per- 
son or  persons  whenever  it  shall  be  necessary  to  secure  the 
safe  keeping  of  such  prisoner,  to  be  kept  fastened  so  long  as 
said  person  or  persons  are  laboring  upon  said  streets.  And  for 
each  day  that  such  person  shall  so  labor  upon  the  streets  he 
shall  be  allowed  the  sum  of  fifty  cents  per  day,  exclusive  of 
board,  to  be  credited  upon  such  fine  and  costs. 

Sec.  16.  Any  person  so  committed  who  shall  refuse  to 
labor,  shall  not  be  entitled  to  any  credit  on  his  fine  or  costs, 
and  may  be  recommitted  to  the  city  prison,  county  jail,  or 
other  safe  place  of  confinement  until  he  shall  consent  to  labor; 
Provided^  such  imprisonment  shall  not  exceed  six  months. 

Sec.  17.  Any  person  committed  may,  at  any  time,  pay 
the  amount  of  the  execution  and  costs,  and  upon  the  payment 


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being  made,  or  upon  his  woiking  out  the  amount  of  the  fine 
and  costs  against  him,  or  otherwise  being  entitled  to  his  dis- 
charge, the  chief  of  pohce,  having  him  in  custody,  shall,  set 
him  at  liberty. 

Sec.  i8.  The  superintendent  of  streets,  the  chief  of 
police,  or  other  ofBcer  having  such  person  in  custody,  shall, 
from  time  to  time,  report  to  the  city  council  the  names,  the 
amount  of  the  fine,  the  manner  of  discharging  the  same,  and 
the  number  of  days'  labor  performed. 

Sec.  19.  The  police  magistrate  or  other  ofHcer  collect- 
ing fines  or  money  on  account  of  the  city  shall  pay  the  same 
into  the  city  treasury,  in  cash,  at  the  end  of  each  month.  The 
police  magistrate  shall  report  to  the  city  council,  at  each 
regular  meeting  thereof,  and  also  at  the  end  of  each  municipal 
year,  a  list  of  all  suits  brought  in  the  name  of  the  city  since  his 
last  report,  with  the  disposition  made  of  each  case,  the  amount 
of  fine  imposed,  if  any,  the  name  of  the  officer  charged  with 
the  collection  of  the  same,  the  amount  collected  and  by  whom, 
and  also  the  amount  collected  on  old  fines. 


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CHAPTER  XXXVIII. 

RAILROADS. 

SECTION— 

1.  Crossings,  compelled  to  construct. 

2.  Repair  crossing  or  culvert  upon  notice,  etc 

3.  Neglect  to  build,  repair,  etc. — city  may  build,  etc. 

4.  Keep  good  and  sufficient  lights  at  street  crossings,  etc. 

5.  Cars  obstructing  street. 

6.  Speed  of  cars,  etc. 

7.  Whistles  not  to  be  blown. 

8.  Flagmen. 

9.  Duties  of  flagmen. 

10.  Lights  on  backing  trains,   ring  bells,   when — penalty. 

11.  Penalty. 

Section  i.  All  railroad  companies  or  corporations  own- 
ing, using  or  controlling  any  track  or  tracks  which  now  or 
may  hereafter,  enter  or  pass  through  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
City  of  Urbana,  shall  respectively  construct,  maintain,  repair 
and  keep  good,  safe  and  sufficient  culverts  and  crossings,  with 
suitable  and  secure  approaches  thereto  on  all  public  alleys, 
streets  and  highways,  where  the  respective  tracks,  owned,  used 
or  controlled  by  such  company,  pass  under  across  or  over  any 
alley,  street  or  highway  within  said  city. 

Sec.  2.  Whenever  the  city  council  directs  the  construc- 
tion of  any  crossing  or  culvert  upon  the  line  of  any  railroad, 
within  the  city,  or  whenever  any  such  crossing  or  culvert  shall 
need  repairing  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  railroad  corporation 
after  receiving  notice  in  writing  of  the  work  to  be  done,  and 
the  place  where  required,  to  proceed  immediately  to  construct 
or  repair  such  crossing  or  culvert. 

Sec.  3.  In  case  of  the  failure  or  refusal  of  any  railroad 
company  or  corporation  to  construct  or  repair  any  crossing 
or  culvert  within  thirty  days  after  having  been  duly  notified 
by  the  city  council  or  any  authorized  officer  so  to  do,  the  city 
council  may  order  such  crossing  or  culvert  to  be  constructed 
or  repaired,  as  may  be  needed,  at  the  expense  of  the  city,  and 
such  railroad  company  or  corporation  shall  be  liable  to  the  city 
in  an  action  of  debt,  for  the  cost  thereof. 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  railroad  companies, 
whenever  in  pursuance  of  a  resolution  of  the  city  council  they 


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shall  be  notified,  to  keep  good  and  sufficient  lights  at  any 
point  on  its  track  crossed  by  public  streets,  alleys  or  highways 
in  said  city  or  to  take  any  other  measure  or  precaution  which 
said  council  may  direct,  as  conducive  to  public  safety  or  con- 
venience, to  promptly  comply  with  such  notice;  and  any  such 
company  or  corporation  failing  or  refusing  to  do  as  directed, 
shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dol- 
lars nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars,  and  each  day  of 
foilure  or  refusal  to  comply,  shall  be  deemed  a  separate 
ofifense. 

Sec.  5.  No  railway  company,  railroad  engineer,  train 
conductor  or  other  person  shall  cause  or  allow  any  locomotive, 
car  or  cars,  or  train  of  cars  to  stop  in  or  remain  upon  any 
street  or  railroad  crossing  within  said  city  for  a  longer  period 
than  ten  minutes.  Any  railroad  company  or  person  violating 
the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 
Provided, tha.t  when  any  such  street,  alley,  sidewalk,crossing 
or  thoroughfare  has  been  so  obstructed  for  five  minutes  or 
more  it  shall  then  be  kept  clear  by  such  railroad  company  a 
sufficient  time  to  allow  all  persons  to  pass,  who  may  be  wait- 
ing, and  for  any  violation  of  this  section  the  company  offend- 
ing shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  ofifense;  and 
Provided  further,  that  where  such  obstruction  is  the  result 
of  some  unavoidable  accident,  disaster  or  emergency  beyond 
the  control  of  such  company  or  its  agents,  this  section  shall 
not  apply. 

Sec.  6.  No  railway  company,  railroad  engineer,  railroad 
conductor,  or  any  servant  of  any  railway  company  or  other 
person  shall  run  any  locomotive,  freight  or  passenger  car,  or 
any  train  of  cars,  upon  or  along  any  railroad  track,  side  track 
or  switch  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Urbana  at 
a  greater  rate  of  speed  than  ten  miles  an  hour.  Any  railway 
company  or  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  section 
shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  7.  No  railroad  company  shall  cause  or  allow  the 
whistle  of  any  locomotive  engine,  belonging  to  such  company 


152  ORDINANCES   OF   THE   ClTY   OF   URBANA. 

or  under  its  control,  to  be  sounded  within  the  limits  of  said  city 
with  the  exception  of  necessary  station  and  brake  signals,  and 
such  signals  as  may  be  absolutely  necessary  to  prevent  in- 
jury to  persons  or  property,  and  in  such  cases  only  with  the 
limitation  that  such  whistle  shall  not  be  sounded  more  than 
five  seconds  at  one  time,  nor  with  more  than  necessary  loud- 
ness, and  every  violation  of  this  section  shall  subject  the  rail- 
road company  offending  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dol- 
lars nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  8.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  companies  or  corpo- 
rations owning,  using  or  operating  any  railroad  whose  track 
oi  tracks  cross  any  public  streets,  avenues  or  highways  in  said 
city  to  place  and  retain  at  their  expense  a  flagman  at  each 
crossing  where  the  city  council  may  or  shall  by  a  resolution 
deem  a  flagman  necessary. 

And  any  such  company  or  corporation  refusing  or  ne- 
glecting to  place,  maintain  and  keep  flagmen  when  and  where 
so  required,  within  sixty  days  after  receiving  a  written  notice 
of  the  action  of  the  city  council  from  the  Mayor,  requiring  the 
same,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  one  hundred 
dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every 
day  they  shall  neglect  or  refuse  so  to  do.  The  notice  above 
referred  to  may  be  served  upon  any  agent  or  officer  of  such 
company  or  corporation. 

Sec.  9.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  flagman  to  signal  per- 
sons traveling  in  the  direction  of  any  or  either  of  said  cross- 
ings, and  warn  them  of  the  approach  of  any  locomotive  en- 
gine or  car  or  of  impending  danger. 

Sec.  10.  The  bell  of  each  locomotive  engine  shall  be 
rung  continually  while  such  engine  is  running  within  said  city, 
and  every  locomotive  engine,  railroad  car  or  train  of  cars  run- 
ning in  the  night  time  on  any  railroad  track  in  said  city  shall 
have  and  keep  while  so  lunning  a  brilliant  and  conspicuous 
bright  light  on  the  forward  end  of  such  engine,  car  or  train. 
If  such  engine,  car  or  train  of  cars  be  backing,  it  shall  have  a 
conspicuous  light  in  the  rear  car  or  engine  so  as  to  show  the 
direction  said  engine,  car  or  train  is  running.  Any  failure  or 
neglect  to  comply  with  this  section  shall  subject  the  railroad 
company  or  corporation  controlling,  using,  owning  or  running 


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such  engine,  car  or  train  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty- 
five  dollars  nor  to  exceed  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  and 
every  oflfense. 

Sec.  II.  Any  railroad  company  or  railroad  corporation 
who  shall,  of  themselves  or  by  their  agents  or  employees,  vio- 
late or  fail  to  observe  any  of  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this 
chapter,  or  any  agent,  engineer,  conductor  or  other  employee 
of  any  such  railroad  company  or  corporation,  who  shall  violate 
or  fail  to  observe  the  same,  shall,  for  each  violation  or  failure 
to  observe  the  same,  where  no  other  penalty  is  imposed,  be 
subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars,  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars. 


CHAPTER  XXXIX. 

REPEALED  ORDINANCES. 

SECTION— 

1.  Repealed  ordinance  in  force  till  when. 

2.  Word   "Court"    defined. 

3.  Certain  words  construed. 

4.  Repeal  of  repealing  ordinance. 

5.  Repeal  of  ordinance  not  to  release  fines,  etc. 

6.  All  general  terms,  etc.,  to  be  liberally  construed. 

7.  Power  of  acting  mayor — policemen  to  exercise  powers  of  mar- 

shal. 

Section  i.  Hereafter  when  any  ordinance  or  part  of  an 
ordinance  shall  be  repealed,  modified  or  changed  by  a  subse- 
quent ordinance,  the  ordinance  or  part  thereof  thus  repealed, 
modified  or  changed  shall  continue  in  force  until  the  ordi- 
nance repealing,  modifying  or  changing  the  same  takes  eflfect, 
unless  it  shall  be  therein  otherwise  expressly  provided. 

Sec.  2.  The  word  "court"  when  used  in  any  ordinance, 
shall  be  construed  to  mean  any  court  of  competent  jurisdic- 
tion, whether  police  magistrates'  courts,  justices  of  the  peace, 
or  courts  of  record. 

Sec.  3.  Whenever  in  any  ordinance  words  importing  the 
singular  number  are  used  in  reference  to  any  person  or  sub- 
ject-matter, such  words  shall  be  deemed  to  extend  to  and  em- 


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brace  several  persons,  matters  or  subjects,  and  words  used  im- 
porting the  plural  number  shall  be  deemed  to  extend  to  and 
embrace  any  singular  person,  matter  or  subject  as  well  as  to 
several;  and  when  any  person  or  subject-matter  shall  be 
named,  referred  to  or  described  by  words  importing  the  mas- 
culine gender,  or  by  general  terms,  females  as  well  as  males 
shall  be  deemed  included  in  the  meaning  and  terms  thereof, 
and  the  words  "person"  or  "persons,"  or  words  importing  any 
person  or  persons  shall  be  deemed  to  include  corporations  as 
well  as  individuals.  The  word  "month,"  when  used  in  any  or- 
dinance, shall  be  construed  to  mean  a  calendar  month;  and  the 
word  "sworn"  to  mean  sworn  or  affirmed. 

Sec.  4.  No  ordinance  or  part  of  any  ordinance  repealed 
by  any  other  ordinance  shall  be  revived  by  the  repeal  of  the  re- 
pealing ordinance,  unless  it  shall  be  therein  otherwise  ex- 
pressly provided. 

Sec.  5.  No  fine,  forfeiture,  penalty,  right,  action,  debt, 
suit  or  other  liability  whatever,  created,  instituted,  incurred  or 
accrued  by  or  under  any  ordinance  prior  to  its  repeal  or  modi- 
fication, shall  be  released,  dischargea,  amended  or  repealed, 
or  in  anywise  afifected  by  the  passage  of  such  repealing  or  modi- 
fying ordinance,  but  the  same  shall  be  prosecuted,  recovered 
O!  enjoyed,  or  any  suit  or  other  proceeding  commenced  there- 
on as  fully  and  in  the  same  manner  in  all  respects  as  if  such  or- 
dinance or  part  thereof  had  remained  in  full  force,  unless  it 
shall  be  otherwise  expressly  provided  in  the  ordinance  making 
such  repeal  or  modification. 

Sec.  6.  All  general  provisions,  terms,  phrases  andexpres- 
sions  used  in  this  ordinance  or  any  ordinance  passed  hereafter, 
shall  be  liberally  construed  in  order  that  the  true  intent  and 
meaning  of  the   city  council  may  be  carried  out. 

Sec.  7.  Whenever  any  power  shall  be  vested  in  or  any 
duty  required  of  the  Mayor,  the  same  shall  be  deemed  to  ex- 
tend to  and  embrace,  and  may  be  exercised  by  the  acting 
mayor  also;  and  when  any  power  shall  be  vested  in  or  duty 
required  of  the  city  marshal,  the  same  shall  be  deemed  to  ex- 
tend to  and  may  be  exercised  by  any  of  the  policemen  of  said 
city,  unless  such  construction  would  be  contrary  to  the  terms 
of  the  ordinance  vesting  such  power  or  requiring  such  duty. 


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CHAPTER  XL. 

ROLLER    SKATING    RINKS. 

SECTION— 

1.  License  required. 

2.  Amount  of  license. 

3.  Penalty. 

4.  Clerk  to  issue  license. 

5.  Mayor  may  revoke  license. 

Section  i.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  persons 
or  corporation  to  engage  in  the  business  or  running  a  roller 
skating  rink  or  skating  school  in  the  City  of  Urbana  without 
first  having  obtained  a  license  so  to  do,  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  this  chapter  of  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  2.  Every  person,  persons  or  corporation  who  shall 
hereafter  engage  in  or  rent  any  room  or  building  in  said  city 
for  the  purpose  or  running  a  roller  skating  rink,  skating 
school,  or  for  the  purpose  of  teaching  persons  how  to  skate  on 
roller  skates  shall  pay  a  license  fee  of  five  dollars  per  month  to 
said  City  of  Urbana,  payable  in  advance  for  each  and  every 
month  they  shall  run  said  rink. 

Sec.  3.  Any  person,  persons  or  corporation  running  a  rol- 
ler skating  rink,  skating  school  or  school  for  learning  to  skate 
on  roller  skates,  without  first  having  obtained  a  license  so  to 
do,  under  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  of  this  ordinance,  shall 
be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars,  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  day  such  person,  persons  or 
corporation  engage  in  or  run  said  roller  skating  rink  or 
skating  school  without  a  license. 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  clerk  to  issue  said 
license  upon  a  payment  to  him  of  the  above  license  fee,  to  all 
persons  applying  for  the  same. 

Sec.  5.  The  Mayor  or  the  city  council  shall  have  power 
to  revoke  any  such  license,  at  any  time,  for  any  good  or  suf- 
ficent  cause,  or  upon  the  failure  of  such  person,  persons  or 
corporation  to  comply  with  any  of  the  city  ordinances. 


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CHAPTER  XLI. 

RULES   OF    CITY   COUNCIL. 

SECTION— 

1.  Meetings  of  council — special  meetings. 

2.  Rules  of  city  council. 

3.  Standing   committees. 

4.  Duties  of  committees. 

5.  Streets  and  alleys  committee. 

6.  Public  grounds  and  buildings  committee. 

7.  Fire  and  water  committee. 

8.  Finance  committee. 

9.  Police  committee. 

10.  Claims  committee. 

11.  Printing  committee. 

12.  Markets  committee. 

13.  Bridges  committee. 

14.  License  committee. 

15.  Sewers  committee. 

16.  Contracts  not  authorized  by  council  forbidden. 

Section  i.  A  regular  meeting  of  the  City  Council  shall 
be  held,  hereafter  on  the  first  Monday  evening  of  each  month 
during  the  year,  and  also  on  the  evening  of  the  fifteenth  of 
May  in  each  year  except  when  the  fifteenth  day  of  May  falls 
on  Sunday,  when  said  meeting  ;hall  be  held  on  the  Saturday 
evening  last  preceding.  Said  meetings  shall  be  convened  at 
the  hours  of  7  o'clock  p.  m.  from  November  first  to  April  first, 
and  7:30  o'clock  p.  m  from  April  first  to  November  first. 
Special  meetings  may  be  called  by  the  Mayor,  or  by  any  three 
m.embers  of  the  Council,  whenever,  in  his  or  their  discretion, 
it  may  be  deemed  necessary;  in  which  event  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  city  marshal  to  cause  each  member  of  the  Council  to  be 
personally  served  with  a  notice  of  such  special  meeting,  or  by 
leaving  a  copy  thereof  at  his  usual  place  of  business  or  resi- 
dence. Said  notice  shall  state  the  object  of  such  meeting,  and 
no  business  shall  be  transacted  at  any  special  meeting  except 
such  as  is  stated  in  said  notice. 

Sec.  2.  The  following  rules  for  the  government  of  the 
deliberations  of  the  Council  are  hereby  adopted,  viz: 

I.  The  Mayor  shall  take  the  chair  at  the  hour  appointed 
for  the  Council  to  meet,  and  immediately  call  the  Council  to 
Older,  and  at  the  instance  of  any  two  members  present,  com- 


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pel  the  attendance  of  absent  members.  And  in  case  of  non- 
attendance  of  the  Mayor  at  any  meeting,  the  board  of  alder- 
men shall  appoint  one  of  their  own  members  chairman,  who 
shall  preside  at  that  moeting-,  and  shall  be  Mayor  pro  ton. 

II.  A  majority  of  the  members  elect  shall  constitute  a 
quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business. 

III.  The  order  of  business  of  all  regular  meetings  of  the 
City  Council  shall  be  as  follows: 

1.  Reading  of  the  minutes  of  the  proceedings  of  regular 
and  special  meetings. 

2.  Report?  of  standing  committees. 

3.  Reports  of  special  committees. 

4.  Reports  of  officers. 

5.  Petitions  and  communications  to  the  Council. 

6.  Presentations  of  claims  and  accounts. 
6.     Unfinished  business. 

8.     New  and  miscellaneous  business. 

IV.  The  Mayor  shall  preserve  order  and  decorum,  and 
shall  decide  all  questions  of  order,  subject  to  an  appeal  to  the 
Council.  Appeals  to  the  Council  shall  be  decided  without 
debate. 

V.  No  member  shall  speak  more  than  twice  upon  the 
same  question,  nor  more  than  once  upon  the  "previous  ques- 
tion," without  leave  of  the  Council,  nor  more  than  once  in  any 
case,  until  every  member  choosing  to  speak  shall  have  spoken. 

VI.  Any  member  called  to  order  shall  immediately  take 
liis  seat  until  the  point  of  order  is  decided. 

VII.  All  questions  as  to  the  priority  of  business  shall  be 
decided  without  debate. 

VIII.  While  any  member  is  speaking  no  member  shall 
er  gage  in  conversation  with  others,  or  pass  between  the 
speaker  and  the  Mayor. 

IX.  When  two  or  more  members  shall  address  the 
Mayor,  he  shall  decide  who  is  first  to  speak. 

X.  Every  member  previous  to  his  speaking,  shall  rise 
and  address  "Mr.  Mayor," — but  shall  not  proceed  until  recog- 
nized and  named  by  the  Mayor. 

XL  No  personalities  or  reflections  injurious  to  the  feel- 
ings of  any  member  or  the  harmony  of  the  Council,  shall  be 


158  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA. 

tolerated,  and  every  person   indulging   in    such    personalities 
shall  be  called  to  order  by  the  Mayor. 

XII.  When  a  motion  or  resolution  has  been  stated  by 
the  Mayor,  it  shall  be  deemed  lo  toe  in  possession  of  the  Coun- 
cil, but  may  be  withdrawn  at  any  time  before  a  decision  or 
amendment,  by  consent  of  the  Council. 

XIII.  A  member  called  vo  order  shall  immediately  sit 
down,  unless  permitted  by  the  Council  to  explain.  If  he  ap- 
peals, the  Council  shall  decide  the  matter  without  debate.  If 
ro  appeal  is  taken,  the  decision  of  the  Mayor  shall  be  conclu- 
sive. 

XIV.  When  a  question  is  stated,  every  member  present 
shall  vote,  unless  excused  by  the  Council,  or  unless  directly 
interested  in  the  question,  in  which  case  he  shall  not  vote. 

XV.  No  motion  shall  be  entertained  unless  seconded; 
vs/hen  seconded  it  shall  be  stated  by  the  Mayor,  and  if  any 
member  requires  it,  reduced  to  writing. 

XVI.  If  a  question  under  consideration  contains  more 
than  one  distinct  proposition,  it  may  be  divided  on  the  request 
(.if  any  member. 

XVII.  When  a  blank  is  lo  be  filled  and  different  sums 
or  times  proposed,  the  question  shall  first  be  put  upon  the 
largest  sum,  or  the  longest  time. 

XVIII.  When  a  question  is  under  debate,  no  motion 
shall  be  received,  unless  for  the  previous  question,  to  postpone 
mdefinitely,  to  adjourn  to  a  certain  day,  to  lay  on  the  table, 
to  amend,  or  to  adjourn  the  Council. 

XIX.  A  motion  foi  the  "previous  question,"  to  lay  the 
question  on  the  table,  or  to  commit  it,  until  decided,  shall  pre- 
clude all  amendments  or  debate  of  the  main  question;  and  a 
motion  or  postpone  a  question  indefinitely,  or  to  h  Ijourn  tJ 
a  certain  day,  shall,  until  it  is  decided,  preclude  all  amend- 
ments to  the  main  question. 

XX.  The  "previous  question"  shall  be  put  as  follows: 
"Shall  the  main  question  be  now  put?" 

XXI.  A  motion  to  adjourn  shall  always  be  in  order,  and 
shall  be  decided  without  debate. 

XXII.  In  all  cases  the  name  of  a  member  offering  a 
resolution  or  motion,  shall  be  entered  with  it,  upon  the  journal. 


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XXIII.  No  ordinance  shall  be  repeale'd  or  passed,  or 
contract  or  appropriation  made,  unless  by  a  vote  of  a  majority 
of  the  board. 

XXIV.  All  committees  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
Mayor,  unless  otherwise  directed  by  the  Council,  in  which  case 
they  shall  be  appointed  by  ballot. 

XXV.  The  yeas  and  nays  shall  be  taken  on  the  passage 
of  every  ordinance,  and  on  all  propositions  to  create  any 
liability  against  the  city,  or  for  the  expenditure  or  appropri.".- 
tion  of  its  money,  and  be  entered  upon  the  journal;  and  if  any 
member  require  it,  upon  any  other  question  before  the  Coun- 
cil. 

XXVI.  Committees  to  whom  any  subject  nay  be  re- 
ferred, shall  report  in  writing,  addressed  to  the  City  Council 
;)t  the  City  of  Urbana,  and  the  reports  shall  be  filed  away  and 
preserved  by  the  clerk. 

XXVII.  The  city  clerk  shall  forward  all  papers  to  the 
appropriate  committees  and  olificers,  as  nearly  as  the  next  day 
after  the  reference  shall  be  made,  by  the  city  marshal,  who 
shall  deliver  them. 

XXVIII.  Every  proposition  involving  the  expenditure 
.>f  money,  shall  be  referred  to  an  appropriate  standing  commit- 
tee, and  a  report  thereon  made  to  the  Council  by  said  com- 
mitte  before  the  council  vote  upon  the  expenditure. 

XXIX.  Any  report  of  a  committee  of  the  Council  shall 
be  deferred,  for  final  action  thereon,  to  the  next  regular  meet- 
ing of  the  same  after  the  report  is  made,  upon  the  request  of 
any  two  aldermen  present.  (See  Section  15,  Article  III,  Act 
of  Incorporation). 

XXX.  No  petition  for  the  remission  of  a  fine  under  any 
c^dinance  of  the  city,  shall  be  granted  without  a  vote  of  two- 
thirds  of  the  Council,  or  without  said  petition  is  signed  by  the 
police  magistrate,  or  the  jury  imposing  the  fine,  or  the  city 
attorney. 

XXXI.  The  city  marshal,  or  some  one  appointed  by 
him,  at  his  own  cost,  shall  attend  all  meetings  of  the  CityCoun- 
c'.l,  and  execute  all  their  orders,  and  shall  keep  the  council 
room  in  order.  He  shall,  when  required  by  the  Mayor,  or  any 
two  aldermen,  deliver  notice  of  any  special  meeting  to  each 


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member  of  the  Council,  or  leave  the  same  at  his  usual  resi- 
dence. 

XXXII.  On  all  points  of  order  not  herein  specially  pro- 
\ided  for,  Robert's  Rules  of  Order  is  adopted,  and  made  the 
law  governing  the  deliberations  of  said  Council. 

XXXIII.  The  foregoing  rules,  or  any  of  them,  shall  not 
be  repealed  or  annulled,  amended,  abridged,  modified,  or  sus- 
pended, except  by  a  vote  of  the  majority  of  the  Council. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Mayor,  at  the  beginning 
cf  each  year  for  which  members  of  the  City  Council  are 
elected,  to  appoint  the  following  named  standing  committees, 
the  first  named  member  of  each  committee  to  be  the  chairman 
thereof,  and  each  committee  to  consist  of  not  less  than  three 
members,  viz: 

First.  Committee  on  streets  and  alleys. 

Second.        Committee  on  public  grounds  and  buildings. 

Third.  Committee  on  fire  and  water. 

Fourth.       Committee  on  finance. 

Fifth.  Committee  on  police. 

Sixth.  Committee  on  claims. 

Seventh.      Committee  on  printing. 

Eighth.        Committee  on  markets. 

Ninth.         Committee  on  bridges  and  lights. 

Tenth.         Committee  on  license. 

Eleventh.    Committee  on  sewerage. 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  dut}  of  the  standing  committees  to 
keep  a  close  watch  over  the  affairs  of  their  respective  depart- 
ri'dts,  and  to  promorly  investigate  and  report  in  writing  upon 
all  matters  referred  to  them  by  the  council,  and  perform  such 
ot]:ei  duties  as  may  be  from  time  to  time  assigned  them. 

Sec.  5.  The  committee  on  streets  and  alleys  shall  have 
charge  and  direct  all  improvements  on  public  thoroughfares, 
the  opening,  laying  out,  widening,  extending  and  vacating  the 
came,  and  all  additions  to  the  city. 

Sec.  6.  The  committee  on  public  grounds  and  buildings 
shall  have  charge  of  all  buildings  and  grounds,  including  the 
parks,  belonging  to  or  occupied  by  the  city,  and  the  preserva- 
tion, repair  and  improvement  of  the  same,  and  shall  also  have 
charge  of  all  public  cemeteries. 


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Sec.  7.  The  committee  on  fire  and  water  shall  have  gen- 
eral supervision  over  the  fire  department,  water  supply  of  the 
city,  and  all  matters  pertaining  to  water  works. 

Sec.  8.  The  committee  on  finance  shall  have  charge  of 
all  matters  pertaining  to  the  financial  condition  of  the  city; 
audit  and  examine  the  treasurer's  report;  receive  estimates 
from  the  other  committees  for  annual  appropriations,  and  pre- 
sent the  annual  appropriation  bill,  and  shall  report  to  the  City 
Council,  at  each  regular  meeting  thereof,  the  amount  of  ex- 
penditures made  in  each  regular  meeting  thereof,  the  amount 
cf  expenditures  made  in  each  department  of  appropriations, 
and  the  balance  unexpended. 

Sec.  9.  The  committee  on  police  shall  have  charge  of  all 
matters  pertaining  to  the  peace  and  good  order  of  the  city,  and 
the  general  supervision  and  direction  of  all  police  officers, 
prisons  and  workhouses,  of  the  cleansing  of  the  city,  the  re- 
moval and  abatement  of  all  nuisances. 

Sec.  10.  The  committee  on  claims  shall  investigate  and 
examine  all  claims  and  contracts  against  the  said  city  which 
may  be  referred  to  them,  and  report  the  same  back  to  the 
Council,  with  their  recommendations  indorsed  thereon  in  writ- 
mg,  signed  by  at  least  two  of  the  committee. 

Sec.  II.  The  committee  on  printing  shall  have  charge  of 
all  matters  pertaining  to  printing,  and  the  furnishing  of  sta- 
tionery and  blanks  to  the  different  officers  and  departments  of 
the  city,  and  the  making  of  contracts  pertaining  to  the  same. 

Sec.  12.  The  committee  on  markets  shall  have  charge  of 
all  public  and  private  scales,  weights  and  measures;  the  vend- 
ing of  all  commodities  in  the  streets  of  the  city;  the  weighing 
of  coal  and  the  measurement  of  wood  and  lumber,  and  shall 
i'ave  charge  of  matters  pertaining  to  markets. 

Sec.  13.  The  committee  on  bridges  and  lights  shall  have 
charge  and  control  of  all  bridges  within  the  City  of  Urbana  and 
the  lighting  of  the  streets  and  public  buildings. 

Sec.  14.  The  committee  on  license  shall  investigate  all 
applications  for  dramshop  license,  together  with  the  bonds 
therefor,  and  shall  examine  the  sufficiency  of  such  bonds  and 
the  sureties  thereon,  and  particularly  in  regard  to  the  quali- 
fications of  applicants,  as  prescribed  by  the  ordinances,  and 


162  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA. 

the  fitness  and  propriety  of  the  place  where  the  business  is  to 
be  carried  on.  Said  committee  shall  also  hear  and  determine 
any  charges  made  against  any  dramshop  keeper,  unless  other- 
wise especially  ordered  by  the  council. 

Sec.  15.  The  committee  on  sewerage  shall  have  charge 
of  all  matters  pertaining  to  sewers  and  sewerage,  and  all  public 
drains  of  the  city. 

Sec.  16.  No  committee  of  the  city  council,  nor  any 
member  of  said  council,  or  other  officer  of  said  city,  shall  ex- 
pend or  contract  for  the  expenditure  of  any  moneys  belonging 
tr  the  city  for  the  improvement  of  any  street,  sidewalk,  alley, 
building  or  other  property  belonging  to  or  under  control  of 
said  city,  unless  authorized  so  to  do  by  ordinance  or  resolution 
of  the  City  Council. 


CHAPTER  XLII. 

SEAL 
SECTION— 

1.  Corporate  seal. 

2.  Clerk  to  keep  seal  and  affix  same   when   necessary. 

Section  i.  That  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City  of  Ur- 
bana,  shall  be  circular  in  form,  withthe  word  "City  of  Urbana, 
Illinois"  on  the  outer  circle,  and  in  the  interior  and  center 
of  said  circle  the  word  "Seal,"  engraved  on  the  face  thereof; 
and  it  shall  be  used  as  such  seal  in  all  cases  that  have  or  here- 
after shall  be  provided  by  law,  or  the  ordinances  of  the  city, 
and  in  all  other  cases  in  which  by  law  and  custom  it  is  usual 
?nd  necessary  for  the  city  to  use  a  seal. 

Sec.  2.  The  seal  shall  be  and  remain  in  the  custody  of 
the  city  clerk.  The  city  clerk  shall  prepare  all  commissions 
Oi  other  official  documents  required  to  be  issued,  and  affix  the 
corporate  seal  thereto,  and  attest  or  countersign  the  same. 
He  shall  affix  the  corporate  seal  to  all  official  acts  of  the  Mayor 
requiring  it,  and  if  necssary,  attest  or  countersign  the  same. 
He  shall  certify,  under  the  corporate  seal,  copies  of  all  records, 
documents  or  papers  in  his  office,  when  required  by  any  offi:er 
or  other  person.  But  in  no  case  shall  the  impression  of  the 
corporate  seal  be  binding  upon  the  city,  unless  it  be  authorized 
by  the  ordinances  of  the  city,  and  is  attested  by  the  signa- 
tf.re  of  the  city  clerk. 


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CHAPTER  XLIII. 

SEWERS  AND  TII,E  DRAINS. 

SECTION— 

1.  Permit  to  :oer;,ons  outside  sewer  system  to  connect — fee. 

2.  How  connections  shall  be  made. 

3.  Penalty  ^or  connecting  without  permit. 

4.  Permitting  others  to  connect  to  private  drains  connected  with 

sewer — penalty. 

5.  Permit  to  connect  with  tile  drains — fee. 

6.  How  connection  shall  be  made. 

7.  Penalty  for  connecting  without  permit. 

8.  Permitting  others  to  connect  with  private  drains — penalty. 

Section  i.  That  all  persons,  whose  lots,  parcels  of  lots 
or  tracts  of  land,  situated  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
C.'ly  of  Urbana,  do  not  abut  or  adjoin  the  line  of  any  public 
sewer  and  which  is  so  situated  as  not  to  be  included  A'ithii.  any 
one  of  the  districts,  composing  the  sewer  system  of  said  city, 
and  who  may  desire  to  avail  themselves  of  the  benefits  of  said 
cewer  system  and  connect  their  house  plumbing  and  wa^cx* 
f  ^osets  therewith, shall  have  the  right  to  do  so, upon  firstpayinie; 
tj  the  City  Treasurer  the  sum  of  ten  dolllars  for  each  and  every 
such  connection,  and  taking  his  receipt  therefor;  and  upon 
presentation  of  such  receipt  to  the  City  Engineer,  he,  the  said 
Engineer,  shall  thereupon  issue  a  permit  to  such  person  to 
make  such  connection;  Provided^  nevertheless^  that  such  per- 
mit so  granted  shall  not  authorize  any  connection  with  any 
public  sewer  of  said  city,  unless  said  connection,  house  plumb- 
ing and  drainage,  all  plumbing  of  water  closets  and  all  exca- 
vations therefor  shall  be  done  in  accordance  with  the  existing 
ordinances  regulating  plumbing  and  drainage  of  buildings  and 
excavations  in  force  at  the  time  when  said  connection  shall  be 
made. 

Sec.  2.  All  connections  made  under  the  jjrovisions  of 
section  one  of  this  chapter  shall  be  made  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  the  ordinances  of  said  city  regulating  plumb- 
ing and  drainage  of  buildings  and  excavations  therefor  exist- 
ing and  in  force  at  the  time  when  such  connection  is  made. 

Sec.  3.  No  person,  persons  or  corporations  whose  lot.^, 
parcels  of  lots  or  tracts  of  land  do  not  abut  or  adjoin  the  line 


164  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA. 

of  any  public  sewer  and  which  is  so  situated  so  as  not  to  be  in  • 
eluded  within  any  of  the  districts  composing  the  sewer  systen\ 
of  said  city  shall  make  any  connection  of  Tiouse  drainage  or  the 
drainage  of  any  water  closet  from  such  premises  with  any  pub- 
lic sewer  of  said  city,  without  having  first  obtained  a  permit  so 
to  do  from  the  city  engineer  as  provided  in  the  first  section  of 
this  chapter.  Any  person  or  corporation  violating  the  pro- 
visions of  this  section  shall  for  each  and  every  offense  be  sub- 
ject to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  moie 
than  two  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  4.  No  person,  persons  or  corporations  shall  permit 
or  suffer  any  person,  persons  or  corporation  whose  lots,  par- 
cels of  lots  or  tracts  of  land  do  not  abut  or  adjoin  the  line  oi 
any  public  sewer  and  which  is  so  situated  as  not  to  be  included 
within  any  one  of  the  districts  composing  the  public  sewer  sys- 
tem of  said  city  to  make  any  connection  of  any  house  drainage 
ot  any  water  closets  from  off  said  lots,  parcels  of  lots  or  tracts 
of  land  with  any  private  sewer  drains  on  any  premises  owned 
controlled  or  occupied  by  them  so  as  to  permit  or  suffer  any 
sewerage  to  flow  into  any  public  sewer  of  said  city,  unless  such 
person,  persons  or  corporations  has  first  obtained  a  written 
permit  from  the  city  engineer  so  to  do,  as  provided  in  the  first 
section  of  this  chapter.  Any  person  or  corporation  violating 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  5.  Any  person,  persons  or  corporations,  owning  any 
lot, parcel  of  lot  or  tract  of  land  adjoining  or  abutting  upon  any 
tile  drain  owned  and  controlled  by  said  City  of  Urbana  and 
within  said  city  desiring  to  connect  their  cellar  drains  from  off 
such  premises  with  any  such  tile  drain  shall  first  pay  to  the 
treasurer  of  said  city  the  sum  of  five  dollars  therefor  and  take 
his  receipt,  and  upon  presentation  of  said  receipt  to  the  City 
Engineer  of  said  city  he  shall  issue  a  permit  to  such  person  to 
so  cotmect  with  said  tile  drain. 

Sec.  6.  Said  connection  as  provided  for  in  the  preceding 
section  of  this  chapter  shall  be  made  in  accordance  with  the 
ordinances  of  said  city  regulating  tile  drains  and  excavations 
in  force  at  the  time  when  such  connection  shall  be  made. 


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Sec.  7.  Any  person,  persons  or  corporations  who  shall 
make  sny  connection  of  their  drains  with  any  tile  drain  owned 
or  controlled  by  the  said  City  of  Urbana  without  having  first 
obtained  a  written  permit  from  the  City  Engineer  of  said  city 
so  to  do,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty- 
five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  of- 
fense. 

Sec.  8.  Any  person,  persons  or  corporation  who  shall 
peimit  or  sulTer  any  other  person,  persons  or  corporation  to 
connect  their  drains,  with  any  drains  owned  or  controlled  by 
them  which  connect  with  any  tile  drain  owned  or  controlled  by 
the  City  of  Urbana,  so  as  to  permit  water  to  be  discharged 
Into  said  tile  drains,  without  having  first  obtatined  a  written 
permit  from  the  City  Engineer  so  to  do,  as  provided  in  section 
live  of  this  chapter,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each 
ofTense. 


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CHAPTER  XLIV. 

SHOOTING  GALLERIES. 

SECTION— 

1.  License  required. 

2.  Rate  of  license. 

3.  Not  to  be  set  up  in  street,  alley  or  other  uninclosed  place. 

4.  Grades  for  sidewalks. 

Section  i.  No  person  shall  manage,  keep  or  run  any 
shooting  gallery  or  place  for  target  shooting  without  first 
having  obtained  a  license  therefor.  Any  person  violating  the 
provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  nj: 
less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dol- 
lars. 

Sec.  2.  The  rate  of  license  for  shooting  galleries  and 
places  for  target  shooting  shall  be,  for  one  year,  twenty  dollars; 
ten  dollars  for  six  months  and  five  dollars  for  three  months  or 
less.  No  license  shall  be  issued  for  a  less  period  than  three 
months. 

Sec.  3.  No  person  shall  keep,  maintain  or  use  any  shoot- 
ing gallery  or  place  for  target  practice  in  any  street,  alley,  or 
in  any  open  or  uninclosed  place  in  said  city,  nor  shall  any  per- 
son set  up  any  target  in  any  such  open  or  uninclosed  place,  or 
shoot  at  the  same,  under  a  penalty  or  not  less  than  ten  dollars 
nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  4.  No  license  issued  for  maintaining  a  shooting  gal- 
lery shall  be  construed  so  as  to  authorize  or  permit  the  firing 
ol  any  gun  or  other  firearm  contrary  to  any  ordinances  of  the 
city. 


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CHAPTER  XLV. 

SIDEWALKS. 

SECTION— 

1.  Sidewalks    built    and    constructed    of    material    approved    by 

council,  etc. 

2.  Petition  for  sidewalk,  etc. 

3.  Sidewalks  kept  in  repair  by  street  superintendent. 

4.  Grades  for  sidewalks. 

5.  Laying  walks  contrary  to  grade. 

6.  Pavements  and  sidewalks  to  be  uniform  in  width  and  line. 

7.  Pavements  and  sidewalks  out  of  line. 

8.  Sidewalks  out  of  line  or  grade — a  nuisance. 

9.  Old  and  unsafe  sidewalks — a  nuisance. 

Section  i.  That  hereafter  all  sidewalks  and  pavements  in 
said  city,  shall  be  btiilt,  constructed  and  repaired  in  such  man- 
ner and  of  such  materials,  and  of  such  width  as  the  City  Coun- 
cil shall  order  in  each  case.  And  no  person  or  persons  shall 
construct,  build,  lay  or  repair  any  sidewalk  or  pavement  with- 
out the  consent  and  approval  of  the  City  Council  first  had  and 
obtained.  Any  person  violating  this  section  shall  be  subject 
to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars  for  erch  offense. 

Sec.  2.  When  any  person  or  persons  owning  any  prop- 
city  in  the  city  shall  desire  a  sidewalk  to  be  built  along  or  in 
front  of  their  propertv,  they  shall  petition  the  City  Council 
to  build  the  same.  Said  petition  shall  state  where  said  sidewalk 
is  desired  to  be  built,  the  material  of  which  the  same  is  to  be 
corstructed,  and  the  width  thereof;  and  if  the  City  Council 
shall  order  the  same  to  be  built,  the  said  parties  desiriiig  such 
w?lk  constructed,  shall  first  purchase  at  their  own  expense  all 
the  materials  necessary  to  build  the  same,  including  all  sand, 
cinders  and  gravel  and  deliver  the  same  where  such  walk  is  to 
be  built,  and  also  make  all  filling  necessary  to  bring  the  surface 
of  the  ground  to  the  required  grade,  or  pay  in  cash  to  the  su- 
perintendent of  streets  the  full  amount  of  the  cost  of  such  ma- 
terials, and  thereupon  the  superintendent  of  streets  shall  build 
such  sidewalk,  in  such  manner  as  the  City  Council  shall  have 
ordered;  Provided^  the  City  Council  may,  when  they  shall 
think  proper,  order  sidewalks  to  be  built  and  paid  for  out  of 


168  ORDINANCES   OF  THE)   CITY   OF   URBANA. 

the  general  fund,  or  pass  an  ordinance  for  the  building  of  the 
same  by  special  assessment  or  special  taxation. 

Sec.  3.  All  sidewalks  shall  be  kept  in  repair  by  the  su- 
perintendent of  streets,  and  the  expense  thereof  be  paid  out 
of  the  general  fund. 

Sec.  4.  All  sidewalks  or  pavements  shall  be  laid  or  con- 
structed to  the  grade  established  by  the  city  therefor.  Where 
no  grade  has  been  established,  the  sidewalk  or  pavement  shall 
be  laid  or  constructed  to  such  grade  as  may  be  fixed  by  the 
city  engineer.  All  persons  desiring  to  build  a  sidewalk  or  lay 
a  pavement  in  front  of  their  premises  shall  first  apply  to  the 
City  Council  for  the  grade  for  the  same;  and  it  is  hereby  made 
the  duty  of  the  city  engineer,  when  ordered  to  do  so  by  the 
City  Council,  to  designate,  by  proper  lines  and  stakes,  for  all 
persons  desiring  to^  build  sidewalks  or  lay  pavements,  the 
grade  established  for  such  street  or  sidewalk,  and  if  there  be 
no  such  grade  established  by  the  City  Council,  then  he  shall 
designate  and  affix  a  temporary  grade  for  the  purpose  afore- 
said. 

Sec.  5.  If  any  person  shall  build  or  assist  in  building  any 
pavement  or  sidewalk  where  no  grade  has  been  estabhshed, 
without  first  obtaining  a  grade  therefor  from  the  city  engineer, 
or  contrary  to  any  grade  which  may  be  fixed  by  said  engineer, 
or  shall  build  or  assist  in  building  any  pavement  or  sidewalk 
contrary  to  any  grade  which  may  have  been  or  may  be  estab- 
lished by  the  City  Council,  or  contrary  to  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  chapter,  or  contrary  to  any  ordinance  hereafter 
passed,  providing  for  any  pavement  or  walk,  he  shall,  in  either 
case,  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  to  a  penalty  of 
one  dollar  for  each  day  he  shall  fail  to  remove  or  reconstruct 
the  same,  after  notice  from  the  committee  on  streets  and  alleys, 
or  other  officer  of  the  city,  to  remove  or  reconstruct  the  same. 

Sec.  6.  All  pavements  or  sidewalks  hereafter  laid  or  con- 
structed in  the  city  upon  any  one  side  of  any  street  shall  be 
laid  and  constructed  of  uniform  width,  and  in  a  uniform  line, 
where  practicable,  the  whole  length  of  such  side  of  the  street. 
Any  person  desiring  to  build  a  sidewalk  or  pavement  in  front 
of  his  premises,  where  there  is  no  ordinance  locating  and  fixing 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE   CITY   OF   URBANA.  169 

the  line  of  the  same,  shall  apply  to  the  City  Council  for  the 
proper  location  and  line  of  such  sidewalk  or  pavement;  and  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  engineer,  when  directed  so  to  do  by 
the  City  Council,  to  locate  for  such  person,  such  proposed 
pavement  or  sidewalk. 

Sec.  7.  If  any  person  shall  build  or  assist  in  building  any 
pavement  or  sidewalk,  and  shall  build  and  locate  the  same 
over  or  out  of  line,  or  beyond  the  width,  as  fixed  by  any  ordi- 
nance heretofore  or  hereafter  passed,  providing  for  such  walk 
or  pavement,  or  as  fixed  by  the  city  engineer,  he  shall,  in  either 
case,  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
more  than  fifty  dollars,  and  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  one 
dollar  for  every  day  he  shall  fail  to  remove  or  relay  the  sam-?, 
after  notice  so  to  do,  given  him  by  the  committee  on  streets 
and  alleys  of  the  City  Council,  or  other  officer  of  the  city. 

Sec.  8.  Any  sidewalk  or  pavement  that  may  be  hereafter 
laid  or  constructed,  which  shall  be  constructed  contrary  to 
any  grade  established  by  the  City  Council,  or  contrary  to  any 
grade  fixed  by  the  city  engineer,  or  which  shall  be  constructed 
or  located  contrary  to  the  lines  or  width  prescribed  therefor 
by  any  ordinance  of  the  city,  or  contrary  to  the  line  or  width 
prescribed  therefor  by  the  city  engineer,  are  hereby  declared 
ic  be  a  nuisance,  and  the  street  superintendent  is  hereby  au- 
thorized to  remove  or  take  up  the  same,  when  directed  to  do  so 
by  the  City  Council. 

Sec.  9.  Whenever  any  sidewalk  or  pavement  shall  be- 
come dilapidated,  and  out  of  repair  to  such  an  extent  as  to  be 
dangerous  or  unsafe  for  the  passage  of  persons  walking  over 
the  same,  and  to  such  an  extent  that  the  same  cannot  be 
economically  repaired,  then  such  sidewalk  or  pavement  shall 
be  considered  a  nuisance,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  street 
superintendent  to  take  up  or  remove  the  same,  when  directed 
to  do  so  by  the  City  Council, 


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CHAPTER  XLVI. 

STREET   SUPERINTENDENT. 
SECTION— 

1.  Appointment — term   of  office. 

2.  Superintend  all  city  improvements,  etc. 

3.  Streets  cleaned  by  street  superintendent. 

4.  Employ  needed  help,  etc. — oversee  laborers  and  prisoners. 

5.  Mark  implements— purchase  tools,  etc. 

6.  Keep  accurate  account  of  expenditures   in   book   provided   for 

that  purpose. 

7.  Examine  accounts  of  contractors  and  others  for  work,  etc. 

8.  Keep  street-crossings  clean  and  free  from  mud,  ice,  snow,  etc. 

9.  Report  monthly. 

10.  Report  yearly. 

11.  Enforce  ordinances  in  relation  to  streets,  alleys  and  sidewalks 

— removal  from  office. 

Section  i.  There  shall  be  a  city  superintendent  of 
streets,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor,  with  the  advice 
and  consent  of  the  Council,  and  his  term  of  office  shall  be  for 
any  period  of  time  not  exceeding  the  municipal  year  of  his  ap- 
pointment and  until  hi-  successor  is  duly  appointed  and  quali- 
fied. 

Sec.  2.  The  city  superintendent  of  streets  shall  superin- 
tend all  improvements  ordered  by  the  City  Council  upon  the 
streets,  alleys  and  public  grounds.  He  shall  have  charge  of 
the  improvements,  repair  and  cleaning  of  all  streets  and  alleys 
and  street  crossings  in  the  city,  except  where  other  parties 
have  contracted  with  the  city  to  do  the  same,  but  no  repairs 
or  improvements,  except  where  actually  necessary,  shall  be 
made  by  him  without  the  order  of  the  City  Council;  he  shall 
without  delay  cause  all  breaks  in  any  planked  street  or  alley, 
bridge,  culvert,  sidewalk,  street  crossing,  or  other  insecure  or 
unsafe  place,  to  be  repaired  and  report  the  cost  thereof  to  the 
City  Council  for  allowance. 

Sec.  3.  He  shall  annually,  in  the  spring  of  the  year, 
under  the  direction  of  the  City  Coyincil,  cause  the  streets  and 
alleys,  where  needed,  to  be  cleaned,  and  the  gutters  opened, 
so  far  as  practicable  keep  them  in  that  condition.  He  shall 
from  time  to  time  examine  into  the  condition  of  the  streets  and 
alleys,  bridges,  culverts,  cross-walks,  sidewalk.,  and  street 
crossings  and  report  the  same  to  the  City  Council,  and  recom- 
mend such  improvements  or  repairs  as  he  may  deem  needed. 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBAN  A.  171 

Sec.  4.  He  may.  by  the  authority  of  the  City  Council, 
employ  such  number  of  assistants,  laborers,  teams,  wagons  and 
carts  as  shall  be  necessary  for  the  work  in  his  department,  and 
at  such  prices  as  shall  be  fixed  by  the  City  Council.  He  shall 
oversee  and  direct  the  street  laborers  and  workmen  and  all 
prisoners  working  out  fines  on  the  streets,  alleys  and  shall 
keep,  or  cause  to  be  kept  in  a  suitable  book,  a  correct  account 
of  the  time  of  each  laborer. 

Sec.  5.  He  may  by  the  authority  of  the  City  Council  pu»^- 
chase  needed  tools,  implements  or  materials  for  the  use  of  the 
City  in  his  department.  He  shall  cause  all  tools  and  instru- 
ments belonging  to  his  department  to  be  legibly  niarked  or 
branded  with  the  letters  "C.  U."  and  shall  cause  them  to  be 
properly  housed,  yarded  or  kept  and  protected  from  the 
weather  when  not  in  use. 

Sec.  6.  He  shall  keep  in  an  appropriate  book,  and  in 
such  manner  as  may  be  required  by  the  committee  on  streets 
and  alleys,  a  plain  and  accurate  account  of  all  expenditures 
made  under  his  supervision,  specifying  to  whom  made,  for 
what  purpose  and  to  what  ward  chargeable.  He  shall  in  a 
suitable  book  provided  by  the  city  for  that  purpose,  make  and 
keep  a  complete  record  of  all  sidewalks  constructed  or  re- 
paired, giving  full  and  complete  information  in  reference  to 
each  piece  of  sidewalk  constructed  or  repaired  from  the  date  of 
the  passage  of  the  ordinance  authorizing  its  construction  or  re- 
p<  iring,  to  the  date  of  tht  final  completion  of  the  same,  and  Jt 
all  payments  made  by  the  owners  of  abutting  property.  He 
shall  keep  a  correct  list  and  account  of  all  implements,  ma- 
terials and  other  property  of  the  city  in  his  charge  and  shall 
be  accountable  therefor,  and  shall  deliver  the  same  to  his  suc- 
cessor in  office,  taking  his  receipt  therefor,  which  he  shall  file 
with  the  city  clerk,  who  shall  credit  him  with  the  same  and 
charge  his  successor  therewith.  When  he  shall  purchase  any 
implements  on  account  of  the  city,  he  shall  immediately  re- 
port the  bill  thereof  to  the  city  clerk,  who  shall  charge  him  for 
the  same  at  cost. 

Sec.  7.  He  shall  examine  all  accounts  of  contractors  and 
others  for  work  pertaining   to  his  department,   or   for   imple- 


172  ORDINANCSS  OF  THE  CITY  OP  URBANA. 


ments  and  materials  furnished  therefor,  and,  if  correct,  certify 
the  same  to  the  City  Council. 

Sec.  8.  The  city  superintendent  of  streets  shall,  as  far 
as  practicable,  see  that  the  crossings  on  the  streets  are  kept 
clean  and  free  from  mud,  ice  and  snow,  and  that  the  walks 
about  the  public  parks,  city  buildings  and  lots  are  properly 
cleaned  whenever  necessary. 

Sec.  9.  He  shall  on  the  first  Monday  of  each  and  every 
month,  make  a  written  report  to  the  City  Council,  showing  the 
name  of  each  person  employed  by  him,  the  time  worked,  and 
kind  of  labor  performed,  and  the  amount  due  each  person  for 
such  labor  and  the  locality  where  such  labor  was  performed. 

Sec.  10.  He  shall,  annually,  at  the  last  regular  meeting 
of  the  City  Council  of  each  fiscal  year,  prepare  and  present  to 
the  City  Council  an  annual  report,  summarizing  the  work  dore 
in  his  department  for  the  year,  and  a  statement  of  the  tools, 
implements,  materials  and  property  in  his  depahment  belong- 
ing to  the  city,  with  such  other  information  and  suggestions  as 
he  may  deem  proper  to  embody  in  such  report. 

Sec.  J  I.  The  city  superintendent  of  streets  shall  cause  all 
ordinances  in  relation  to  streets  and  alleys  and  sidewalks  to  be 
enforced,  and  shall  prosecute  all  violations  thereof.  He  shall 
obey  all  such  orders,  general  or  special,  as  he  may  receive  from 
the  City  Council,  the  Mayor  or  the  committee  on  streets  and 
alleys,  and  for  a  willful  neglect  or  refusal  to  perform  any  duty 
required  of  him  by  the  ordinances  or  the  laws  of  this  state, 
shall  be  subject  to  removal  from  office. 


CHAPTER  XLVn. 

SUPPLIES. 

SECTION— 

1.  Supplies  let  by  advertising  to  lowest  bidder. 

2.  Requisition  for  supplies,  presented  by  officers. 

3.  Who  shall  purchase — order — bill. 

4.  Claims  for  goods  not  ordered. 

5.  Bill — what  to  contain. 

6.  Board  of  prisoners. 

Section  i.     All  supplies  or  materials  for  the  City  of  Ur- 
bana,  where  practicable,  shall  be  purchased  on  contracts,  cov- 


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ering  a  special  period  of  time,  the  same  to  be  let,  upon  adver- 
tisement, to  the  lowest  and  best  bidder,  as  the  City  Council 
may  determ-ne.  The  committee  in  charge  of  the  different 
departments  shall,  so  far  as  possible,  prepare  estimates  and 
specifications  for  supplies.  No  time  contracts  to  furnish  sup- 
plies or  Ti..i-erials  shaP  cover  a  longer  period  than  the  munici- 
pal year. 

Sec.  2.  Any  off.cei  or  person  having  charge  of  any  de- 
partment shall,  whenever  any  supplies  or  materials  are  needed 
in  his  department  for  the  furnishing  of  which  the  city  does 
not  hold  a  contract,  make  out  and  present  to  the  City  Council 
in  session  a  written  requisition  setting  forth  the  article  or  ar- 
ticles needed  and  the  price  thereof,  if  known. 

Sec.  3.  The  City  Council  shall,  at  any  time  of  ordering 
the  purchase  of  any  supplies,  designate  who  is  authorized  to 
make  the  purchase;  and  every  officer  or  person  ordering  any 
article  from  a  distance  from  the  city  shall  file  with  the  city  clerk 
a  copy  of  the  order  sent  by  him,  and  also  the  bill  of  the  article 
so  ordered,  as  soon  as  the  same  is  received. 

Sec.  4.  No  article  or  claim  for  any  article  furnished  the 
city  shall  be  allowed  unless  such  article  was  ordered  to  be  pur- 
chased by  the  Council,  or  unless  the  purchase  thereof  was  the 
result  of  an  emergency  which  could  not  reasonably  have  been 
foreseen  in  time  to  prevent  a  requisition  to  the  Council. 

Sec.  5.  Every  bill  presented  to  the  City  Council  for  al- 
lowance shall  contain  an  itemized  statement  of  the  articles  for 
which  payment  is  asked,  and  shall  be  certified  to  by  the  officer 
under  whom  the  liability  was  incurred. 

Sec.  6.  The  City  Council  shall,  at  the  beginning  of  each 
municipal  year,  make  a  contract  with  some  reasonable  party 
for  the  feeding  of  any  and  all  prisoners  confiend  in  the  city 
calaboose  or  prison. 


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Cl.f  \PTER  XLVIII. 

URBANA    FREE    LIBRARY. 

SECTION— 

1.  Prohibits  disturbance — penalty. 

2.  Prohibits  loitering  on  stairway  or  in  hal! — penalty. 

3.  Return  of  books — fines — penalty. 

4.  Mutilating  books,  etc. 

5.  Person  not  entitled  to  privileges  to  remain  away. 

6.  Taking  property  from  without  right. 

7.  Persons  excluded  from,  to  stay  away — penalty. 

Section  i.  Any  person  who  shall,  while  in  the  -ooms  of 
the  Urbana  Free  Library  create  any  disturbance,  (re  who  shall 
be  guilty  of  any  conduct  calculated  to  annoy  or  disturb  itiiers 
ir.  said  room,  and  who  shall  not  cease  said  conduct  vvh^-n  -e- 
quested  so  to  do  by  the  librarian  or  other  person  in  charge 
of  said  room,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  one 
dollar  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  c^r  persons 
to  loiter  or  sit  upon  the  stairway,  or  loiter  in  che  hall  leading 
to  said  library  rooms ;  and  any  person  so  found  loitering  i^  sit- 
ting upon  snid  stairway,  or  loitering  in  said  hall,  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  a  p.enalty  of  not  less  than  one  dollar  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars.  Provided,  that  this  section  shall  not  take 
efifect  until  there  has  been  placed  in  said  stairway  and  hall,  in 
a  conspicr-  :)us  place,  a  notice  that  loitering  or  sitting  upon  said 
stairway  or  loitering  in  said  hall  is  prohibited. 

Sec.  3  Any  person  who  shall  fail  to  return  any  book  or 
books,  ta'<er.  by  him  or  her  from  the  said  library,  at  the  time 
when  by  I  he  rules  of  said  library,  the  same  should  be  re- 
turned, and  who  shall  not  promptly  pay  the  fines  provided  for 
by  the  rules  and  regulations  governing  said  library,  as  the 
same  have  been  or  may  be  established  by  the  board  of  direct- 
ors of  said  library  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
one  dollar  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars;  Provided, 
That  no  penalty  under  this  chapter  shall  be  less  than  the 
amount  of  fines  due  under  said  rules  and  regulations  of  said 
board  of  directors. 

Sec.  4.  Any  person  who  shall  willfully  or  maliciously  de- 
face, destroy,  mutilate  or  injure  any  book,  pamphlet  or  paper 


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belonging  to  said  public  library,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty 
of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dol- 
lars for  each  olTense. 

Sec.  5.  Any  person  who  shall  not  be  entitled  to  the  priv- 
ilege of  the  Urbana  Free  Library,  who  shall  persi'^t  in  visit- 
ing the  same  after  being  notified  to  remain  away  therefrom, 
shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  6.  Any  person  who  shall  take  or  remove  from  caid 
library  rooms  any  article  without  the  consent  of  the  librarian, 
or  person  in  charge  of  said  room,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty 
of  not  less  than  one  dollar  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars 
for  each  ofifense. 

Sec.  7.  Any  person  whom  the  board  of  directors  of  said 
library  of  said  city,  shall  exclude  from  the  use  of  the  same  and 
the  reading-room  thereof  for  the  willful  violation  of  any  of  'he 
rules  and  regulations  of  said  library  and  reading-room,  who 
shall  persist  in  visiting  the  same  after  being  notified  to  stay 
away  therefrom,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
three  dollars  nor  more  than  fiftv  dollars. 


CHAPTER  XLIX. 

VEHICLES. 

SECTION— 

1.  Vehicles  for  carrying  persons  licensed. 

2.  Rate  of  license. 

3.  License  to  pursue  business  of  carrier,  etc. 

4.  Rate  of  license  for  carriers,  etc. 

5.  City  clerk  to  write  in  license  number  of  dray,  etc.,  and  num- 

ber to  be  placed  on  vehicles. 

6.  Charges  for  carrying  passengers,  etc. 

7.  Charges  for  hauling  trunks,   loads,  etc. 

8.  False  representations,  extortions,  etc. 

9.  Licensed  persons  to  keep  copy  of  sections  6  and  7. 

Section    i.     Xo   person    shall   pursue    the    Ovjcupation   of 
carrying  persons  for  hire  in  any  omnibus,  hacknev- carriage  or 


176  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA. 

other  vehicle  from  one  place  to  another  within  the  city,  or  shall 
keep  or  own  or  use  any  omnibus,  hackney-carriage  or  other 
vehicle  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  persons  for  hire  from  one 
place  to  another  v.'ithin  the  city  without  a  license  therefor;  any 
person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  subject 
to  a  penalty  of  iv:t  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars  foi  each  ofTense.  But  the  letting  of  carriages 
for  hire  by  the  owner  or  keeper  of  livery  stables  in  the  ordinary 
manner  and  in  ih^  pursuit  of  their  ordinary  business  shall  not 
be  deemed  a  violation  hereof. 

Sec.  2.  For  s  license  to  carry  passengers  for  hire  in  any 
omnibus,  hackney-carriage  or  other  vehicles  within  the  ^ity 
there  shall  be  ta.xed  and  collected  license  fees  as  follows: 

On  each  omnibus  seven  dollars  for  one  year,  and  four  dol- 
lars for  six  months  or  less. 

On  each  hacl;ney-carriage  or  other  vehicle  five  dollars  for 
one  year,  and  ihmt  dollars  for  six  months  or  less. 

Sec.  3.  No  person  shall  pursue  the  occupation  of  carry- 
ing goods  or  prop'^rty  for  hire  in  any  vehicle  from  one  place 
to  another  within  the  city,  or  shall  keep  or  use  any  dray, 
wagon  or  other  vehicle  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  articles  of 
property  for  hire  from  one  place  to  another  within  the  city 
without  a  license  therefor  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  three 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  ofifense. 

Sec.  4.  For  a  license  to  pursue  the  business  or  occupa- 
pation  of  carrying;-  goods  or  property  for  hire  upon  a  dray, 
wagon,  cart  or  othei  vehicle  from  one  place  to  another  within 
the  city  there  shall  be  taxed  and  collected  for  each  and  every 
dray,  wagon,  cart  01  other  vehicle  used  to  convey  property  for 
hire  for  the  period  of  one  year,  seven  dollars  and  for  six 
months  or  less  four  dollars.  Provided,  That  drays,  wagons 
or  other  vehicles  kept  or  used  by  merchants  or  lumbermen 
or  other  persons  for  the  delivery  without  charge,  of  articles 
of  property  sold  by  them  or  for  carrying  their  own  property  or 
of  earth  or  building  materials  for  their  own  use,  or  for  hauling 
without  and  beyond  the  city,  or  by  hotel  keepers  for  delivery 
without  charge.:  cf  the  baggage  of  their  guests,  no  license  shall 
be  required. 

Sec.  5.     The  city  clerk  shall  write  in  the  license  ind  en- 


ORDINANCES   OF   THE   CITY   OF    URBANA.  177 


dorse  thereon  the  number  of  the  dray,  wagon  or  other  vehicle 
and  register  the  same;  and  every  person  keeping  or  ising  a 
vehicle  requirin;^-  ?.  license  shall  cause  the  number  of  the  li- 
cense of  such  venicle  to  be  conspicuously  painted  or  placed 
upon  the  same  where  it  can  be  readily  seen  and  any  person  re 
fusing  or  neglecHng  so  to  do,  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  th'-ee  cjc  liars  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollar^,. 

Sec.  6.  No  cwnei  or  driver  of  any  omnibus,  hacknev- 
carriage  or  vehicle  for  carrying  persons  for  hire  shall  charge 
from  one  point  to  another  within  the  city  limits  to  exceed 
twenty-five  cents  p^r  person,  thcvelor.  and  for  the  use  of  any 
two-horse  carriage  or  other  vehicle,  with  driver  by  the  h"ur, 
the  sum  of  one  dollar  per  hour;  and  for  the  use  of  any  one- 
horse  vehicle  by  the  hour  with  driver  fifty  cents  per  hour,  ex 
cept  in  case  of  special  contract  for  a  larger  sum  made  before- 
hand. 

Sec.  7.  No  person  owning  or  driving  a  dray,  wagon 
cart,  or  other  vehicic  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  goods  or 
property  for  hire  from  one  place  to  another  within  the  city  shall 
charge  to  exceed  twenty-five  cents  per  load  or  part  of  load, 
box.  trunk  or  other  articles  so  hauled,  except  in  case  of  special 
contract  for  a  larger  sum  made  beforehand.  Any  person  vio- 
lating the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a  pen- 
alty of  not  less  ^han  three  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars 
for  each  offense. 

Sec.  8.  Any  owner  or  driver  of  any  omnibus,  cab,  coach, 
or  other  licensed  vehicle  who  shall  induce  any  person  to  em- 
ploy him  knowingly  or  wantonly  misinforming  or  misleading 
such  person  either  as  to  the  time  or  place  of  the  arrival  or  de- 
parture of  any  raih'oid  train,,  or  the  distance  to  or  location  of 
any  depot,  office,  station,  hotel,  public  place  or  private  resi- 
dence within  said  city,  or  shall  be  guilty  of  any  other  fraud, 
extortion  or  attempted  fraud  or  extortion  upon  such  per- 
son shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars 
nor  more  than  me  hundred  dollars  for  any  or  either  of  t!ie 
aforesaid  offenses. 

Sec.  9.  The  driv.^r  of  every  licensed  vehicle  shall  ke-^p  m 
his  possession  at  all  times  a  certified  copy  of  sections  6  and  7  of 
this  chapter  or  any  amendments  thereto,  hereafter  passed  by 


178  ORDINANCES    OF    THE    CITY    OF    URBANA. 


the  City  Council  aii'l  sliall  exhibit  the  same  to  any  person  em- 
ploying him,  wh3  i-linll  'lemand  the  same,  under  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  thrc^e  doilars  not  more  than  twenty  dollars  lOr 
each  offense. 


REPEALING. 

All  public  or  general  ordinances  or  parts  thereof  in 
conflict  or  inconsistent  with  these  the  revised  ordinances 
are  hereby  repealed.  Private  or  special  ordinances,  orders 
and  resolutions  of  the  City  Council  are  not  repealed,  except 
such  as  are  in  conflict  with  or  inconsistent  with  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance;  Provided^  however,  that  no  fine, 
forfeiture,  penalty,  right,  action,  suit,  debt  or  liability 
whatsoever,  created,  instituted,  incurred,  or  accrued,  by  or 
under  the  same,  shall  be  released,  discharged,  annulled,  or 
in  anywise  affected;  but  may  be  prosecuted,  recovered  or 
enjoyed,  as  fully  and  in  the  same  manner  in  all  respects  as 
if  such  ordinance  or  part  thereof  had  remained  in  full 
force. 

Adopted  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Urbana,  Illi- 
nois, November  7th,  A.  D.  1898. 

C.  B.  Holmes,  City  Clerk. 

Approved,  November  7th,  A.  D.  1898. 

G.  W.  Hubbard,  Mayor. 


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STATE  OF  ILLINOIS,  ) 
Champaign  County,      >  ss 
City  of  Urbana.  ) 

I,  C.  B.  Holmes,  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Urbana, 
Champaig-n  County,  Illinois,  do  hereby  certify  that  the 
above  foreg-oing-  ordinance,  entitled  "An  Ordinance  for  Re- 
vising- and  Consolidating  the  General  Ordinances  of  the 
City  of  Urbana,  Illinois,"  was  passed  and  adopted  bv  the 
City  Council  of  said  City  at  a  regular  meeting  thereof,  on 
the  7th  day  of  November,  A.  D.  1898;  that  the  same  was 
duly  deposited  in  the  office  of  the  said  City  Clerk,  of  said 
City,  on  the  7th  day  of  November,  A.  D.  1898,  and  was 
duly  signed  and  approved  by  the  Mayor  of  said  City  on  the 
7th  day  of  November,  A.  D.    1898. 

And  I  do  further  certify  that  the  above  foreg-oing  ordi- 
nance is  a  true  and  correct  copy  of  the  original  ordinance, 
which  was  deposited  and  is  on  file  in  my  office  as  said  City 
Clerk,  and  that  the  same  is  published  and  printed  in  book 
or  pamphlet  form  under  the  direction  and  by  the 
authority  of  the  City  Council  of  said  City  of  Urbana,  Illinois. 

It  witness,  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
affixed  the  corporate  seal  of  the  City  of  Urbana,  Illinois, 
this  7th  day  of  November,  A.  D.  1898. 

[corporate  seal.]  C.  B.  Holmes. 


APPENDIX. 


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Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Urbana, 
Illinois : 

Section  1.  All  corporations,  companies  and  associa- 
tions not  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  this  state,  and 
which  are  eng-ag-ed  in  the  City  of  Urbana  in  effecting-  or  so- 
liciting- fire  insurance,  shall  pay  to  the  Treasurer  of  the 
City  of  Urbana  on  July  15,  1898,  and  annually  thereafter 
upon  the  fifteenth  day  of  July  of  each  and  every  year  fol- 
lowing-, a  sum  equal  to  two  per  cent,  of  the  g-ross  receipts 
of  premiums  received  by  such  corporation,  company  or  asso- 
ciation, or  their  ag-ency  or  ag-ents,  for  business  effected  or 
transacted  for  fire  insurance  within  the  said  City  of  Urbana, 
for  the  year  ending-  July  1st,  preceding-  said  dates.  The 
sum  above  named  shall  be  as  a  tax  or  license  fee  upon  all 
such  corporations,  companies  or  associations  transacting- 
such  business  within  the  said  City  of  Urbana. 

Sec.  2.  Every  person  acting-  as  ag-ent  or  otherwise,  for 
or  upon  behalf  of  any  such  corporation,  company  or  associ- 
ation, shall  on  or  before  the  ISth  day  of  July,  1898,  and  the 
15th  day  of  July  of  each  and  every  year  thereafter,  render 
to  the  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Urbana,  a  full,  true  and  just 
account,  verified  by  oath  of  all  the  premiums  which  during- 
the  year  ending-  on  the  1st  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1898,  and  the 
1st  day  of  July  of  each  and  every  year  succeeding,  shall 
have  been  received  by  him,  or  any  other  person  for  him,  in 
behalf  of  any  such  corporation,  company  or  association, 
and  shall  fully  and  specifically  set  out  in  said  report  the 
amount  or  amounts  received  as  premiums  for  fire  insurance. 

Sec.  3.  The  said  ag-ent  or  ag-ents  shall  also  at  the 
time  of  the  making-  of  the  above  mentioned  report,  pay  to 
the  Treasurer  of  the  City  of  Urbana  the  sum  of  two  per 
cent,  upon  the  g-ross  receipts  of  such  corporation,  company 
or  association,  obtained  as  premiums  for  effecting-  fire  in- 
surance in  the  City  of  Urbana,  as  specified  in  section  1  of 
this  chapter. 

Sec.  4.  If  such  account  be  not  rendered  on  or  be- 
fore the  day  herein  desig-nated  for  such  purpose,  or  if  the 
above  mentioned  rates  for  the   said  tax  or  license  fee  shall 


184  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OP  URBANA. 

remain  unpaid  after  that  day,  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
such  corporation,  company  or  association  to  transact  any 
business  of  fire  insurance  in  the  said  City  of  Urbana  until 
the  requirements  hereof  have  been  fully  complied  with, 
nevertheless  this  provision  shall  in  no  way  affect  the  valid- 
ity of  any  risk  that  may  be  taken  in  violation  hereof  be- 
tween such  corporation,  company  or  association,  and  the 
person  so  insured. 

Sec.  5.  If  any  such  corporation,  company  or  associ- 
ation fail  to  render  the  report  or  account  herein  desig-nat- 
ed  by  this  chapter,  or  if  the  above  mentioned  rates,  as  a 
tax  or  license  fee  shall  remain  unpaid  after  the  day  desig-- 
nated,  to-wit,  July  15th,  every  such  corporation,  company 
or  association  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  the  City  of  Urbana, 
the  sum  of  two  hundred  dollars  upon  conviction,  for  each 
and  every  offense,  and  in  addition  to  such  penalty,  the  City 
of  Urbana  shall  recover,  in  an  action,  in  its  name,  for  its 
use,  against  such  corporation,  company  or  association  so 
failing-  to  make  such  report,  or  pay  such  license  fee  or  tax, 
the  full  amount  of  such  license,  which  would  be  due  under 
the  provisions  thereof. 

Sec.  6.  Any  and  all  sums  so  received  under  the 
provisions  thereof,  shall  form  and  constitute  a  fund  to  be 
kept  separate  by  the  Treasurer  of  the  said  City  of  Urbana 
for  the  maintenance,  use  and  benefit  of  the  Fire  Depart- 
ment of  the  said  City  of  Urbana. 

Sec.  7.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passag-e  and  due  publication. 

Adopted  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Urbana, 
Illinois,  August  14th,  1897. 

C.  B.  Holmes,  City  Clerk. 

Approved  by  the  Mayor,  who  signed  the  same  August 

16th,  1897. 

G.  W.  Hubbard,  Mayor. 

State  of  Ili^inois,  j 

County  of  Champaign,  Vss 

City  of  Urbana.  ) 

I,  C.  B.  Holmes,  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Urbana, 
hereby  certify  that  the  foregoing  is  a  true  copy  of  an  ordi- 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OP  URBANA.  185 


nance  passed  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Urbana, 
Illinois,  Aug-ust  14th,  1897,  approved  August  16th,  1897, 
and  that  said  ordinance  is  published  by  authority  of  said 
City  Council  and  is  on  file  and  of  record  in  my  office. 
Witness  my  hand  this  2-5th  day  of  Aug-ust,  1897. 

C.  B.  Holmes,  City  Clerk. 


ORDINANCES    OF    THE    CITY    OF    URBANA. 


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RECORDED  ORDINANCES 


LOCAL    ORDINANCES,    WHERE     RECORDED, 


Appropriations  Since  Last  Revision. 


Annual,  September  8th,  1879 
Annual,  September  6th,  1880 
Annual,  September  5th,  1881 
Annual,  August  7th,  1882 
Annual,  September  3rd,  1883 
Annual,  September  1st,  1884 
Annual,  September  7th,  1885 
Annual,  September  6th,  1886 
Annual,  September  Sth,  1887 
Annual,  September  3rd,  1888 
Annual,  September  2nd,  1889 
Annual,  September  1st,  1890 
Annual,  Aug-ust  3rd,  1891 
Amended  August  10th,  1891 
Annual,  September  Sth,  1892 
Annual,  August  7th,  1893 
Annua],  July  30th,  1894 
Annual,  August  16th,  1895 
Annual,  August  10th,  1896 
Annual,  August  2nd,  1897 
Annual,  August  3rd,  1898 


Book  B, 
Book  B, 
Book  B, 
Book  B, 
Book  B, 
Book  B, 
Book  B, 
Book  B, 
Book  B, 
Book  B, 
Book  B, 
Book  B, 
Book  B, 
Book  B, 
Book  B, 
Book  B, 
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Book  C, 
Book  C, 
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ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA. 


Annual  Tax  Levy  Since  Last  Revision. 

Tax  Levy,  September  8th,  1879  Book  B,  Pag-e  108 

Tax  Levy,  September  6th,  1880  Book  B,  Pag-e  112 

Tax  Levy,  September  5th,   1881  Book  B,  Pag-e  129 

Tax  Levy,  Aug-ust  7th,  1882  Book  B,  Pag-e  148 

Tax  Levy,  September  3rd,  1883  Book  B,  Pag-e  157 

Tax  Levy,  September  1st,  1884  Book  B,  Pag-e  159 

Tax  Levy,  September  7th,  1885  Book  B,  Pag-e  177 

Tax  Levy,  September  6th,  1886  Book  B,  Pag-e  183 

Tax  Levy,  September  5th,  1887  Book  B,  Pag-e  189 

Tax  Levy,  September  3rd,  1888  Book  B,  Pag-e  190 

Tax  Levy,  September  2nd,  1889  Book  B,  Pag-e  197 

Tax  Levy,  September  1st,  1890  Book  B,  Pag-e  204 

Tax  Levy,  Aug-ust  3rd,  1891  Book  B,  Pag-e  242 

Tax  Levy,  September  5th,  1892  Book  B,  Pag-e  265 

Tax  Levy,  Aug-ust  7th,  1893  Book  B,  Pag-e  290 

Tax  Levy,  September  14th,  1894  Book  B,  Pag-e  370 

Tax  Levy,  September  12th,  1895  Book  C,  Pag-e    31 

Tax  Levy,  Aug-ust  10th,  1896  Book  C,  Pag-e    64 

Tax  Levy,  September  6th,  1897  Book  C,  Page  118 


BONDS. 

Ordinance  providing-  for  refunding-  of  $3,000  of  Nich- 
olson Pavement  and  $5,000  of  I.  B.  &  W.  Railway,  June  6th, 
1881,  Book  B,  Pag-e  120. 


ORDINANCES   OF   THE    CITY   OF    URBANA.  189 


BONDS  ISSUED,  GENERAL  FUND. 

Reg-istered  Bonds,  $12,000,  six  per  cent.,  June  6th, 
1881,  Book  B,  Pag-e  120. 

City  Building-,  $12,000,  five  per  cent.,  June  13th,  1892, 
Book  B,  Pag-e  261. 

Amended  for  $14,000,  five  per  cent.,  October  3rd,  1892, 
Book  B,  Page  269 

Repeal  of  above.  Book  B,  Page  270. 

City  Building,  $14,000,  five  per  cent.,  March  7th,  1893. 
Book  B,  Page  271. 

Street  Improvement,  $6,000,  five  per  cent.,  April  2nd, 
1894,  Book  B,  Page  319. 

Sewer  Outfall,  $4,000,  six  per  cent.,  July  30th,  1894, 
Book  B,  Page  354. 

Amended  as  to  place  of  payment,  October  1st,  1894, 
Book  B,  Page  372. 


BONDS,  SPECIAL  ASSESSMENT,  STREET 
IMPROVEMENT. 

For  deferred  installments  South  Race  Street  pavement, 
February  1 3th,  1894,  Book  B,  Pag-e  307. 

For  deferred  installments  Green  Street  pavement. 
Book  B,  Page  310,  March  12th,  1894. 

For  deferred  installments  West  Main  and  Elm  Street 
pavement,  January  7th,  1895,  Book  B,  Page  394. 

Amendment  for  $6,000  Main  Street,  and  $1,800  Elm 
Street,  six  per  cent.,  February  4th,  1895,  Book  B,  Page  399. 

Second  Amendment  as  to  date,  A^pril  1st,  1895,  Book  B, 
Page  402 

For  deferred  installments,  Ninth  Special  Assessment, 


190  ORDINANCES    OF    THE    CITY    OF    URBANA, 


White  Street,  January  6th,  1896,  Book  C,  Page  41.  (Re- 
pealed March  6th,  1896.) 

For  deferred  installments,  Ninth  Special  Assessment, 
White  Street,  March  2nd,  1896,  Book  C,  Page  53. 

For  deferred  installments,  Tenth  Special  Assessment, 
East  Main  Street,  February  11th,  1896,  Book  C,  Page  49. 

For  deferred  installments.  Eleventh  Special  Assess- 
ment, Romine  Street  and  University  Avenue  pavement, 
December  6th,  1897,  Book  C,  Page  125. 


BONDS    ISSUED,   SPECIAL  ASSESSMENT, 
SEWERS. 

For  deferred  installments,  Sevier  Assessments,  January 
7th,  1895,  Book  B,  Page  391.  Amended  February  4th, 
1895,  Book  B,  Page  401. 

For  deferred  installments,  Eleventh  Special  Assess- 
ment, Sewers,  January  6th,  1896,  Book  C,  Page  37. 

For  deferred  installments.  Thirteenth  Special  Assess- 
ment, Sewers,  January  6th,  1896,  Book  C,  Page  39. 


CITY  BUILDINGS,  REAL  ESTATE,  ETC. 

Ordinance  for  Construction  of  City  Building,  June  13th, 
1892,  Book  B,  Page  261. 

Ordinance  conferring  power  on  City  Council  to  sell  real 
estate,  March  7th,  1893,  Book  B,  Page  272. 

Ordinance  for  sale  of  Engine  House  Lot  on  Market 
Street,  July  24th,  1895,  Book  C,  Page  10. 


ORDINANCES   OF   THE    CITY    OF    URBANA.  191 


Ordinance  providing-  for  the  erection  of  a  Fire  Depart- 
ment Building-,  July  25th,  1895,  Book  C,  Page  12. 
Amended  September  16th,  1895,  Book  C,  Pag-e  33. 

Ordinance  for  sale  of  the  east  half  of  Lot  No.  2,  Origi- 
nal Town  of  Urbana,  on  which  is  located  the  Bevis  Planing 
Mill,  September  7th,  1895,  Book  C,  Page  25. 

Ordinance  for  the  sale  of  13x99  feet  of  Lot  37,  Original 
Town  of  Urbana,  November  6th,  1896,  Book  C,  Page  80. 


CONSTRUCTION  OF  SEWERS. 

Ordinance  for  the  construction  of  lines  of  sewer  and 
the  purchase  of  ground  for  the  same,  July  3d,  1894,  Book  B, 
Page  344. 

Amendment  to  above,  August  13,  1894,  Book  B,  Page 
365. 

Ordinance  to  extend  sewer  system,  June  28th,  1895, 
Book  B,  Page  418. 

Ordinance  granting  to  Champaign  City  the  right-of- 
way  for  a  sewer  system,  July  8th,  1895,  Book  C,  Page  5. 

Ordinance  to  extend  sewer  system  (District)  August 
ISth,  1895,  Book  C,  Page  17. 


CONSTRUCTION  OF  STREET  PAVEMENTS. 

Ordinance  for  paving  west  side  of  Main  Street,  from 
west  line  of  Walnut  Street  to  bridge  over  Boneyard  branch, 
August  15th,  1890,  Book  B,  Pag-e  202. 

Ordinance  for  paving-  Main  Street  and  part  of  Bloom- 


192  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OP  URBANA. 

ing-ton  Road,  from  east  line  of  the  alley  between  Walnut 
and  Vine  Streets  to  the  iron  bridge  over  Boneyard  branch, 
July  18th,  1891,  Book  B,  Pag-e  234.  Amended  (to  leave  out 
sewer)  September  7th,  1891,  Book  B,  Page  244. 

Ordinance  for  paving-  Market  Street  from  Big-  Four 
Railway  to  Green  Street,  and  Race  Street  from  Main  Street 
to  Green  Street,  April  6th,  1892,  Book  B,  Page  250.  Amend- 
ed May  16th,  1892,  Book  B,  Pag-e  257. 

Ordinance  for  paving-  Green  Street  from  east  line  of 
Race  to  the  terminus  of  said  Green  Street,  and  South  Race 
Street  from  Green  Street  to  south  line  of  Oregon  Street, 
June  15th,  1893,  Book  B,  Pag-e  279.  Amended  August  7th, 
1893,  Book  B,  Page  287. 

Ordinance  for  paving  Bloomington  Road  from  the  iron 
bridge  to  Lincoln  Avenue,  and  White  Street  from  Lincoln 
Avenue  to  Romine  Street,  and  Elm  Street  from  Race  Street 
to  Market  Street,  April  11th,  1894,  Book  B.  Page  323. 

Ordinance  for  paving  East  Main  Street  from  alley  be- 
tween Walnut  and  Vine  Street  to  the  City  Limits,  June  26, 
1895,  Book  B,  Page  406. 

Amendment  to  Bloomington  Road  and  White  Street, 
August  10th,  1895,  Book  C,  Page  15. 

Ordinance  for  paving  Romine  Street  from  Main  Street 
to  University  Avenue,  and  University  Avenue  from  east 
side  of  Romine  street  to  City  Limits,  February  1st,  1897, 
Book  C,  Page  85. 

Ordinance  for  paving-  California  Avenue  from  Lincoln 
Avenue  to  Mathews  Avenue,  Aug-ust  14th,  1897,  Book  C, 
Page  107. 


ORDINANCES    OF   THE    CITY    OF    URBANA.  193 


OPENING,    EXTENDING     OR    CLOSING 
CERTAIN  STREETS. 

Ordinance  extending-  Grig-g-s  Street  to  Race  Street, 
May  15th,  1883,  Book  B,  pag-e  156. 

Ordinance  for  opening-,  extending  and  improving- 
Green  Street  from  Grove  Street  to  Lynn  Street,  September 
7th,  1891,  Book  B,  pag-e  245. 

Ordinance  for  vacating-  part  of  Blooming-ton  Road  and 
opening-  Clark  Street  from  Babcock  Street  to  Goodwin 
Avenue,  April  2nd,  1894,  Book  B,  pag-e  317. 

Ordinance  for  purchase  of  land  to  extend  Central  Ave- 
nue, December  3rd,  1894,  Book  B,  pag-e  389. 

Ordinance  extending-  Maple  Street  from  Elm  Street  to 
Main  Street,  November  4th,  1895,  Book  C,  pag-e  34. 


NUMBERING    HOUSES,  MARKING    STREETS, 

ETC. 

Ordinance  for  numbering-  houses  and  marking-  streets, 
February  9th,  1892,  Book  B,  pag-e  249. 


NAMING    AND    CHANGING     THE    NAMES    OF 
CERTAIN  STREETS,  ETC. 

Ordinance  chang-ing-  name  of  Somers  Street  and  Nelson 
Avenue  to  Mathev^s  Avenue;  and  Eads  Street  to  Goodwin 
Avenue;  and  extension  of  Harvey  Street  and  Grove  Street 
in" Northwest  portion  of  City  to  Eads  Street;  and  Grove 
Street,  between  Grig-g-s  and  Locust  Street,  to  Wood  Street; 
and  the  road  on  south  end  of  Lincoln  Avenue  to  Lincoln 
Avenue;  May  16th,  1892,  Book  B,  pag-e  268. 


194  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA. 

Ordinance  changing-  name  of  Dry  Street  to  Illinois 
Street,  September  7th,  1895,  Book  C,  page  24. 

Ordinance  changing  name  of  Main  Street,  occupied  by 
right-of-way  of  Street  Railway  Company,  to  name  of  Rail- 
road Street;  and  the  street  named  Bloomington  Road  to 
Main  Street,  and  White  Street  to  Main  Street;  January 
11th,  1896,  Book  C,  page  43. 

Ordinance  laying  out  a  street  along  north  side  of  Street 
Railway  right-of-way,  from  Main  Street  to  North  Street  to 
be  called  Railroad  Street,  September  10th,  1897,  Book  C, 
page  120. 


RAILROADS. 

To  Champaign  and  Southeastern  Railway,  to  construct 
tracks  across  certain  streets,  July  6th,  1881,  Book  B, 
page  122. 

To  A.  Barr,  to  construct  switch-tracks,  etc.,  August 
22nd,  1894,  Book  B,  page  368. 


STREET  RAILROADS. 

Franchise  to  Urbana  and  Champaign  Street  Railway 
Company,  December  2nd,  1890,  Book  B,  page  213.  (Void 
on  account  of  not  having  been  accepted  in  writing  as  re- 
quired by  ordinance). 

Franchise  to  Urbana  and  Champaign  Street  Railway 
Company  for  20  years,  June  1st,  1891,  Book  B,  page  227. 
Amended  October  6th,  1893,  Book  B,  page  300,  and  second 
amendment  October  4th,  1897,  Book  C,  page  124. 


ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA.  195 


TELEPHONES. 

Franchise  to  Central  Union  Aug".  2nd,  1881,  Book  B, 
pag-e  127. 

Franchise  to  P.  S.  Replog-le  (Phoenix  Tel.  Co.)  July 
10th,  1895,  Book  C,  pag-e  6. 


WATER. 

Franchise  to  Union  Water  Supply  Co.,  30  years,  June 
15th,  1885,  Book  B,  page  165. 

Contracting-  with  Union  Water  Suppl^^  Co.  for  38  hy- 
drants for  10  years,  with  privileg-e  of  30  years,  Sept.  7th, 
1885,  Book  B,  pag-e  169. 

Amendment  to  ordinance  adopted  Sept.  7th,  1885,  April 
1st,  1889,  Book  B,  pag-e  192. 

Amended  Sept.  12th,  1893,  Book  B,  page  297. 

Extension  of  contract  with  Union  Water  Supply  Co. 
for  20  years,  May  15th,  1894,  Book  B,  pag-e  333. 

Amendment  July  2nd,  1894,  Book  B,  pagfe  343. 

Ordinance  contracting  with  Union  Mfg-.  Co.  for  fire 
hydrants,  Sept.  12,  1895,  Book  C,  page  30. 


ELECTRIC  LIGHT. 

Franchise  to  Western  Klectric  Co.  Aug-.  3rd,  1885,  Book 
B,  pag-e  168. 

Franchise  to  Thos.  Wright  &  Son  for  20  years,  Decem- 
ber 2nd,  1890,  Book  B,  pag-e  220. 

Sale  of  city  plant  to  B.  F.  Harris,  Jr.,  Aug-.  14th,  1893, 
Book  B,  pag-e  291. 


196  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  URBANA. 

Franchise  to  B.  F.  Harris  for  7  years — (Aug-.  8th, 
1900. )  Aug-.  14th,  1893,  Book  B,  pag-e  291. 

For  electric  light  at  Springfield  and  Harvey  Streets, 
Sept.  12th,  1895,  Book  C,  pag-e  32. 


NATURAL  GAS  WORKS. 

Exclusive  privilege  to  construct  for  30  years,  Dec.  7th, 
1885,  Book  B,  page  180.  (Void  account  of  exclusive  con- 
tract.) 

Privilege  to  construct  for  30  years.  May  6th,  1889, 
Book  B,  page  193.  (Void  account  not  commencing-  work 
within  time  limit.) 

To  lay  pipes,  etc.,  for  natural  g-as,  to  J.  T.  Pearman, 
Thomas  Naug-hton  and  C.  B.  Smith  for  25  years,  Oct.  23, 
1890.    Book  B,  page  268. 


GAS. 

Franchise  to  I.  R.  White,  20  years,  July  8th,  1895, 
Book  B,  pag-e  429.  (Void  account  of  not  accepted  in 
writing-  within  time  specified.) 


INDEX. 


INDEX.  V)9 


INDEX. 


A 

ACCOUNT-;^                                                                                                                                SECTION  PAGE 

City  collector  to  keep,  books  of 5  12 

Against   city,    sworn    to,    except 1  38 

Treasurer  to  keep,   of  each  separate  fund .• 2  44 

ACCESSORIES— 

To   an   offense 79  .07 

ACTIONS— 

Complaint   against   owners   of   impounded   animal — sum- 
mons, etc 8  20 

To  recover  fines  or  penalties,  brought  in  "orporate  name 

of  city    2  144 

Afllidavit — summons — warrant    3  144 

ADDITIONS— 

Streets  of,  must  correspond  with  established  streets 1  13 

Plat  of,  must  be  submitted  to  council 2  14 

Not  valid  unless  approved  by  council 2  14 

Penalty  for  recording  plat  of,  not  approved 3  14 

Penalty  for  selling  lots  in  addition  not  approved 4  14 

Plat  of,  to  have  certificate  signed  by  mayor  and  clerk 5  14 

ADVERTISEMENTS— 

Advertising    wares  or  occupation    on  fences    or  private 

property  without  permit 14  94 

ALDERMEN— 

One  from  each  ward  as  fire  wardens — duties  of,  etc 10  61 

Members  of  police  department 1  138 

AMUSEMENTS— 

Classification  of  1  15 

License  required    2  .5 

License  and  fees 3  16 

Written   application  for  license  required 4  16 

License  subject  to  all  ordinances  6  17 

Entertainments  where  liquor  sold,  prohibited 6  17 

License  not  to  issue  to  or  authorize  an  indecent  play 7  17 

ANIMALS  AND  POUNDS— 

Prohibited  from  running  at  large 1  18 

Penalty  for  permitting  to  run  at  large 2  18 

Pound   and   poundkeeper 3  18 

May  be   impounded 4  19 

Private  citizen  may  impound 6  19 

Care   of  animals   impounded 4  19 

Police  to  take  up  and  impound 5  19 


200  INDEX. 


ANIMALS  AND  POUNDS-  rontiniied                                      section  page 

Redemption  of  impounded  animals 7  19 

Proceeding  when  not  redeemed 8  20 

Wrongful  taking  up  of  animals 17  23 

Driving  loose  animals  through   streets 22  25 

Geese 20  24 

Herding  or  staking  on  streets 23  25 

Driving,  over  parking  or  sidewalks 24  25 

Killing  diseased,   for  meat 1  87 

Selling  diseased,  for  food 2  87 

Indecent  exhibition  of 26  96 

Cruelty  to  '. 49  101 

Leaving  unfastened  24  96 

Dead,  becoming  offensive  a  nuisance 47  101 

APPEALS— 

From  decision  of  mayor,  decided   without  debate 2  156 

APPENDIX— (see  pages  183  to  196  inclusive). 

APPOINTMENTS— 

Of  corporation  counsel • 2  39 

Of  board  of  health 1  32 

Of  city  collector   1  41 

One  alderman  from  each  ward  as  fire  wardens,  by  mayor, 

etc    10  61 

Of  inspector  of  weights  and  measures   2  65 

Of  janitor  of  city  building 2  71 

Of   standing   committee   on    dramshops 2  76 

Of  superintendent  of  streets 1  170 

Of  poundkeeper   3  18 

ARRESTS— 

Marshal  or  policeman  to,  for  violation  of  ordinances 24  83 

ASHES— 

Deposit  of   13  63 

ASSEMBLAGES— 

Permitting   unlawful 1  92 

ASSAULT— 

Punishment  of   2  92 

ATTORNEY— CITY— 

Duties  of    1  37 

Compensation    2  37 

AUCTIONEERS— 

License   required,   except 1  26 

License  fee — bonds   2  26 

Application    for    license — license    not    transferable 3  27 

Designation  in  license  of  persons  to  do  business 4  27 

License  may  be  revoked 5  27 

Sales  on  streets — permit  required 6  27 

Substituting  one  article  for  another — penalty   7  28 

Unlicensed  persons   not   to   sell   without   permit 8  28 


INDEX.  201 

AWNINGS—                                                                                                                                   SBCTION  PAGE 

Obstruction  of  street  or  sidewalks  by— penalty 6  112 

B 

BADGES— 

City  clerk  to   furnish   metal   badges   for   dogs 2  u2 

Persons  keeping  or  harboring  dog,  must  put  on 3  52 

BAWDY  HOUSE— (See  house  of  ill-fame.) 

BAGATELLE— (See  billiard  tables). 

BICYCLES— 

Riding  on  sidewalk  where  street  is  paved 1  29 

Riding  on  sidewalk  where  street  is  not  paved — speed....  2  29 

Rights  of  pedestrians    3  29 

Carry  bell  or  whistle,  etc 4  29 

Must  keep  to  right  when  passing  others 5  30 

Must  carry  lighted  lamp  at  night 6  30 

BILLIARD  TABLES— 

License  required— penalty  for  keeping  without 1  30 

License  fee   2  30 

Rooms  to  be  closed  Sunday— time  of  opening  and  closing  3  31 
Minors   not   allowed   to   play   or  visit   rooms — license   re- 
voked— when    4  31 

Not  allowed  in  saloons 25  84 

BOARD  OF  HEALTH— 

Board   crealed,    appointed 1  32 

Term  of  office — compensation 2  32 

Duties  of  board 3  32 

Powers  of  board 4  33 

Hospitals — nurses    5  33 

Removal  and  care  of  persons  with  contageous  disease..  6  33 

Orders   of  board — penalty  for  violating    7  33 

Small-pox  notice    8  34 

Spreading  of  small-pox 9  34 

Duty  of  mayor  to  give  notice 10  34 

Orders  to  be  obeyed — abatement  of  nuisances 11  34 

Report  of  physicians 12  35 

Order  of  vaccination — penalty 13  35 

Notice  to  cleanse  premises 14  35 

Changing  wearing  apparel 15  36 

Bringing  person  or  clothing  infected  into  city 16  36 

Removal    of   infected    clothing   from    citj-,    etc 17  36 

May  order  abatement  of  any  nuisance,   etc 11  34 

BONDS— 

Of  city  weighers 3  46 

Of   city   auctioneers    2  26 

Of   pawnbrokers    2  .^23 

Of  inspectors  of  weights  and  measures 3  65 

Of  liquor  dealers 4  77 

For  selling  liquors  in  quantities  of  iive  gallons  or  over..  26  84 


202  INDEX. 

BONDS— Cont'nued                                                                          section  paob 

For  operating  slaughter  house,  etc 20  116 

Of  person  or  corporations,  etc.,  to  make  excavations,  etc  27  136 

Treasurer  liable  on,  for  misappropriation  of  money 3  44 

BONDS— OFFIOIALr— 

Of  city  treasurer  to  be  approved  by  city  council 1  44 

Of  corporation  counsel 3  39 

Of  city  collector 2  41 

Of  janitor  of  city  building 5  72 

Of  city  marshal 3  119 

Of  superintendent  of  streets 3  119 

Of    night    policeman 3  119 

Of  chief  of  fire  department 3  119 

Of   special   policemen 11  140 

Of  temporary  police 12  141 

Of  police  magistrate 1  144 

Of  city  clerk  to  be  deposited  with  treasurer 3  119 

BONFIRES— 

Prohibited 70  106 

Burning  hay,  shavings,  straw,  trash,  etc 15  63 

BUILDINGS— 

Dilapidated,    a   nuisance 1  49 

Report  of  existence  of  unsafe  building  referred  to  com- 
mittee, etc 2  49 

Procedure  for  condemnation  of 2  49 

Mayor's  notice  to  abate  nuisance — service  of  same 3  bO 

Neglect  or  refusal  of  owner  to  obey  notice — penalty 4  51 

Construction  of,  in  fire  limits,  etc., — penalty 2  58 

Wooden  buildings  a  nuisance,   etc. — abatement 6  59 

Damaged,  to  be  removed  from  Are  limits 7  59 

Penalty  for  failure   to  remove  damaged   building 9  CI 

c 

CARTS— (See   vehicles). 

Carrying  offensive  matter  to    be    tightly  covered 17  11', 

CELLARS- 

Leaving  open,    etc.,    without   protecting,    etc 33  97 

CHIMNEYS— 

Burning  out    16  64 

How  constructed 11  62 

CIRCUS — (See  amusements). 

CITY   ATTORNEY— 

Duty  of 1  ?7 

Compensation  2  37 

Official  bonds  to  be  drawn  by,  etc 4  120 

To  file  written  statement  in  suit  before  any  magistrate, 

etc   6  145 

CITY  CLERK— 

General  duties  of 1  48 


INDEX.  203 


CITY  CLERK— rontinued.                                                            sbction  paob 

To    issue    all    licenses    2  43 

Shall  attest  mayor's  signature  to  approvals  of  plats 5  44 

Shall  receive  the  fee  and  issue  license  for  shows,  etc 3  16 

To  issue  license  to  auctioneers,  when 2  26 

Claims  against  city  filed  with,  when 2  38 

To   countersign   city   warrants 2  44 

To  provide  badges  for  dogs 2  52 

Shall  keep  register  of  dogs — receive  tax,  etc 1  52 

To  report  to  council  license  money  collected,  etc 2  43 

To    attest   mayor's    signature    to    druggists'    permit 5  56 

To  procure  full  set  of  approved  standards  of  weights  and 

measures   4  65 

Shall  attest  mayor's  signature  to  all  licenses 3  73 

To  certify  on  license  council's  permit  to  assign,  etc 5  74 

To  keep  license  register — fee  for  issuing  license 6  74 

To  pay  to  treasurer  all  moneys  received  for  licenses 6  74 

To  certify,  under  seal,  permit  to  change  location  of  dram- 
shop      13  81 

To  sign  license  to  milkmen 1  89 

Bond  of,  deposited  with  treasurer 3  119 

To  certify  to  official  bonds,  etc 4  120 

To  deliver  to  superintendent  of  streets,  notice  to  owners, 

etc.,  to  make  water  or  gas  connections,  etc 26  136 

To  issue  permit  to  make  excavations,  etc.,  on  streets,  etc  27  136 

To  sign  all  communications  of  officers 5  120 

To  issue  roller  skating  rink  license 4  155 

To  have  the  custody  of  the  corporate  seal 2  162 

CITY  COLLECTOR— 

Office  created — term  of 1  41 

Bond  of  2  41 

Duties  of    3  41 

Pay  all  moneys  to  treasurer,  make  reports  quarterly — file 

statements  with  clerk 4  41 

To  keep  books  of  account 5  42 

Compensation  of  6  42 

CITY  COUNCIL— 

Maps,  plats  and  additions  approved  by 2  14 

Recording  plat  before  approval  of 3  14 

Penalty  for  selling  lots,  etc.,  which  have  not  been  ap- 
proved by  etc 4  14 

Certificate  of  approval  endorsed  on  book  of  plat,  etc....  5  14 
To  provide  and  consent  to  appointment  of  poundkeeper 

and  approve  bond  3  18 

Proof  of  ownership  of  impounded  animal  made  to  coun- 
cil     15  23 

Discretionery  with,  to  revoke  any  license,  etc 4  74 

May  by  a  two-thirds  vote  discharge  any  or  all  members 

of   board   of  health 2  32 

To  approve  bond  of  city  collector 2  41 


204  INDEX. 


CITY  COUNCIL — '"oDt'Dued.                                                         section  page 

To  approve  bond  of  city  treasurer 1  44 

Refer  to  committee,  report  of  existing  of  unsafe  build- 

ing-s,  etc 2  49 

May  require  o'mier   to  remove   same 2  49 

By  two-thirds  vote,     etc..   may    .^ant     permit    to   erect 

■wooden  building  in  fire  limits 3  58 

May  grant  permit  to  assign  license,  etc 5  74 

May  grant  dramshop  license 3  73 

To  approve  bond  of  city  of  dramshop  keeper  4  77 

May  remit  fine 9  79 

May  elect  mayor  pro  tem — when 6  S6 

May  grant  permit  to  operate  slaughterliouse,  etc 20  116 

May  revoke  permit  to  operate  slaughterhouse,  etc 21  116 

To   approve   appointment   of  officers   by   mayor 1  119 

No  member  of,  to  become  surety  on  official  bond 4  120 

To  approve  all  official  bonds — may  require  new  bonds  etc    4  120 
To  approve  bond  of  persons,  etc.,  for  digging  trenches. 

etc 27  136 

To  consent  to  appointment  of  marshal  and  policemen . .     2  139 

To  consent  to  appointment  of  special  policemen 11  140 

To  consent  to  appointment  of  temporary   policemen....  12  141 

May  revoke  roller  skating  rink  license 5  155 

Any  three  members  may  call  special  meeting 1  156 

To  consent  to  appointment  of  superintendent  of  streets..     1  170 
CITT  ENGINEER— 

Sewer  plans  to  be  approved  by 5  128 

To  designate  Ic^ration  of  pipe  lines,  etc 25  134 

To  issue  permit   to  connect   private   drains   with   public 

sewer    3  163 

May  grant  permit  to  connect  private  drain  with  city  tile 

drain   7  165 

Written  permit  required  from,  to  allow  any  person,  etc., 

to  connect  "vviih  private  drains S  165 

To  fix  grade  and  locate  line  for  sidewalk  on  application, 

when  ordered,  etc 4  16S 

CITT   MARSHAL— 

Required  to  serve  notice  on  owner  of  dilapidated  building    3  50 

To   enforce   dog  ordinance 4  53 

To  kill  dog  running  at  large  unlawfully,  without  badge..     4  53 
To  examine  assessor"  s  book,  and  make  copy  of  dogs  kept 

in    city,    etc    6  '3 

Comi>ensation  when  acting  as  poundkeeper 19  24 

To  execute  orders  of  board  of  health 7  33 

To  inspect  yards,  barn-lots,  pig-stys,  etc 14  35 

To  enforce  all  ordinances  relating  to  licenf e S  75 

To  enforce  ordinance  relative  to  dramshops,  etc 24  SS 

To  serve  notice  on  owner,  etc.,  to  remove  stagnant  water  22  116 

Appointed  by  mayor  annually 1  119 

To   giva  bond    3  119 

May  inspect  pawnbroker's  premises  and  property 6  124 


INDEX.  205 


CITY    MARSEIAL-Continuftd.                                                        section  page 

Member    of    police    department 1  138 

Not  to  be  absent  from  city  without  permission  of  mayor    8  140 

Is  custodian  of  property 6  139 

Reports   required   from 7  139 

To  divide  police  force  into  day  and  night  force 9  140 

Must  provide  a  police  record.. 10  140 

May  arrest  with  or  without  process,   violators  or  ordi- 
nances      14  142 

To  keep  a  record  of  arrests  made,   etc 5  145 

Confine  prisoners  arrested  on  Saturday  night  or  Sunday 

in  city  prison,  etc 5  145 

To  receive  from  and  deliver  prisoners  to  street  superin- 
tendent,  etc 15  148 

To  put  ball  and  chain  on  prisoner  when  necessary,  etc..   15  148 

To  serve  notice  on  members  of  council  of  special  meeting    1  156 

Penalty  for  neglect  of  duty 17  142 

Causes  for  removal  from  office 18  143 

CITY   PRISON— (See  janitor  of  city  building). 

CITY   TREASURER— 

All  special  taxes  to  be  paid  to 4  41 

Bond    1  44 

Duties  of   2  44 

Not   to    use   city   funds 3  44 

Liable  on  bond  for  money  misapplied,  and  subject  to  re- 
moval   from    office 3  44 

Render  monthly  statement  to  council  under  oath 4  45 

Make    annual    statement 5  45 

Pay  warrants  signed  by  mayor  and  clerk 6  45 

CITY  WEIGHER— 

License    1  46 

Known  as  city  weigher — fee< 2  46 

Bond    3  46 

Scales,    adjustment    of,    etc    4  i6 

Deputy  weighers   5  47 

To  be  present  during  business  hours 6  47 

Fees — register  and  certificate  of  weights 7  i7 

Record  to  be  kept  by 8  47 

Weight    of   vehicle 9  47 

Altering    certificate    of — penalty 10  4S 

Inspection  of  books   of 11  48 

CLAIMS    AGAINST    CITY— 

Must  be  sworn  to — to  be  referred  to  committee 1  38 

Filed  with  the  clerk — when — duty  of  committee 2  38 

CLERK'S  CERTIFICATE    179 

COAL  OIL— (See  gasoline). 

COMBUSTIBLE  MATERIALS— 

Not    to   be   deposited   within   fifty   feet   of   any   building 

without,   etc 14  63 


206 


INDEX. 


PAOB 


COM  M ISSIONS—  SECTION 

Marshal  and  policemen   to  be  commissioned 2  30 

All   city   officers,   except,    to   be   commissioned 5  120 

COMMITM  ENTS— 

Of  person  arrested  for  want  of  recognizance 4  14B 

Prisoners  under  ordinances,  until,  etc 12  147 

Not  to   exceed  six  months •. 12  147 

Of   prisoners   till   fine   and   costs   are   paid 13  14? 

Of  persons  arrested  when  drunk 19  143 

COMMITTEES— (See  rules  of  city  council). 

To  report  on  all  claims  against  the  city,  to  council 1  38 

On  dramsihop,   all  applications,   bonds,  etc.,  for,  referred 

to— duty  of   2  V6 

Appoint -nent   of   standing 3  160 

Duty  of  standing   4  160 

Reports  of,  to  be  deferred  till  next  meeting  on  request  of 

two  aldermen  present   2  156 

CONCEALED  WEAPONS— 

Carrying,    punishment   for 57  10b 

Selling,  loaning,  etc.,  of  weapons  to  minors  prohibited..  58  103 

CONDEMNATION— 

Procedure  of,  of  building  in  fire  limits 8  59 

Of  unwholesome  food,   etc 5  86 

CONSTRUCTION   OF  WORDS— 

"Court"   defined    2  153 

"Dog"    defined    7  53 

Certain  ether  words  defined  and  construed 3  153 

CONTAGIOUS  DISEASES— 

Removal    of   persons    with 6  33 

Notice  of  pestilence  8  34 

Report  0I,    by   physician   to   some   member   of  board   of 

health    12  35 

Vaccination  of  persons  with 13  35 

Removal  of  Infected  clothing  from  city 17  36 

CONTINUANCES— 

May  be  had  by  either  party,   etc 4  145 

CONTRACTS— 

All  must  be  authorized  by  the  city  council 16  162 

CORPORATION  COUNSEL^ 

Office   created    1  39 

Appointed   by   mayor — term   of  office    2  39 

Oath   and   bound   of— form   of   oath 3  39 

Duties  of    4  39 

To  deliver  all   papers,   etc.,   to  successor 5  40 

Compensation  of — when  paid 6  40 

COSTS— 

Owner  of  animal  running  at  large,  liable  for,  etc 2  18 

Owner  of  impounded  animal  liable  for  all  accruing 7  19 


INDEX.  207 


COSTS-Co!itinued.                                                                           section  page 

In  certain  cases  taxed  against  prosecutor 11  l-iT 

Prisoner  may  be  released  by  paying  or  working  out  fine 

and   costs 1^  ^'■'^^ 

Prisoner  may  be  committed  until  fine  and  costs  are  paid.  12  147 

Not  to  be  taxed  against  or  collected  from  the  city 10  14C 

COURT— 

Definltion  of  as  used  In  ordinances 2 


minutes 


153 


CROSSINGS— 

Railroad  companies  to  construct 1  150 

Railroads  to   construct,   after  notice 2  150 

City  may  build,  and  recover  costs  of 3  150 

Railway  companies  must  keep  lights  at,   when  required  4  150 
Railway    companies     not  to    obstruct,    longer    than    ten 


5        151 


Flagman  at,  to  be  kept  when  council  requires 8        r.52 

Duty  of  flagmen  at 9        1^2 

CURFEW— 

Minors  not  permitted  on  streets  after  certain  hours 1  48 

Penalty    2         48 

D 

DEAD  ANIMALS— 

Permitting   to   become   offencive 3        111 

DEPOTS— 

Congregating   about,    prohibitec' 81        108 

Idling  about,  prohibited   72        106 

DISCHARGE  OF  PRISONERS— 

On  payment  cf  fine,  etc 1'^ 

DISORDERLY  CONDUCT— 

Punishment  for    3  93 

Disturbing  peace  of  neighborhood  or  family  8         hi 

Disturbing   congregation    9         93 

Indecent  exposure  of  person 32  97 

Throwing  stones  at  persons  or  property 71        106 

DISORDERLY    HOUSES— 

Keeping  house   of  ill-fame— punishment 28  96 

Inmates  of,  or  supporting  house  of  ill  fame,  etc 29  96 

Visiting  or   patronizing    17  95 

Permitting  premises  to  be  used  for 28  96 

DISTURBANCE— 

Disturbing  peace  of  neighborhood  or  family 8          93 

Disturbing   funerals    5          ^3 

Disturbing  ochool,   etc 6 

Disturbing   religious    assemblies 9 

Disturbing  peace  on   Sunday  by   amusements 18 

Boys  loitering  about  churches,  etc.,  or  stairways  etc—..  81 

In  library  prohibited 1        ^74 


148 


93 
93 

95 
108 


208  INDKX. 


DOGS —                                                                                                                                                SECTION  PAGE 

Tax    imposed — register    kept 1  52 

Metal   badges  provided 2  52 

Badge   to   be   put   on   dogs 3  52 

Dogs  without  badges  to  be  killed 4  53 

Owner  of  unlicensed  dog  to  be  fined 5  53 

Marshal  to  procure  list  of  owners 6  53 

Term    "dog"    defined 7  53 

Danger   of   hydrophobia — mayor's   proclamation 8  53 

Dogs  a  nuisance — when 9  53 

Bitch  in  heat  running  at  large — a  nuisance — penalty 10  54 

Dangerous  dogs  not  to  run  at  large — penalty 11  54 

DRAMSHOPS  LICENSE— (See  liquors). 

DRAYS,  CARTS,  VEHICLES— (See  vehicles). 

I,  RUGGISTS'    PERMIT— 

May  sell  intoxicating  liquors 1  55 

Restrictions  on  right  to  sell  intoxicants..' 2  55 

Not  allowed  to  sell  beer,   except,   etc 3  55 

Not   to   sell,   to   be   drunk  on   premises 4  55 

Permit — how  to  be  granted — length  of  permit 5  56 

Permit  may  be  revoked  when 6  56 

Penalty    for    violation    of 7  56 

I)RUNKENNESS— 

In  a  public  or  private  place 4  93 

Drinking  in  public   , .  44  WO 

Drinking   to   excess 17  82 

Sale  of  liquor  to  persons  intoxicated 18  82 

Selling  liquor  to   habitual   drunkard 21  83 

Cause  of  removal  of  police 18  143 

E 

EXCAVATIONS— 

Gas  and  water  companies  to  lay  pipes  before  paving..  25  134 

Notice  to  gas  and  water  companies 26  135 

Permit  for — bonds — fees   27  136 

Not  to  impede  travel — gutters — planks  at  crossings 28  137 

Lights    and   barricades 29  137 

No   delay  in 30  137 

Tl-enches   to   be   braced,   when 31  137 

Refilling    and  ttamping,    etc 32  137 

Paving  to  be  replaced — settling  of  earth,  etc....'. 33  137 

Leaving  cellar,  vault  or  other  excavation  open 33  97 

Contractor  leaving  excavations   unguarded 34  97 

Removal  of  dirt  from  street,  alley,  etc 53  102 

EXHIBITIONS— (See  also  amusements) 

Indecent   of   person 32  97 

Indecent   of   animals    26  96 

EXPENDITURES— 

Not  to  be  incurred  unless  authorized  by  council 16  162 


INDEX.  209 

EXPOSURE— INDECENT—                                                         section  page 

Indecent  of  person 32  97 

F 

FALSELY  CLAIMING  TO  BE  AN  OFFICER— 

Punishment  for    51  102 

FALSE  REPRESENTATIONS— 

By  driver  of  licensed  vehicle 8  177 

By  auctioneers    7  28 

Of  certificates  of  weights   10  48 

FAST  DRIVING— 

Punishment    for    25  96 

FEES  AND  SALARIES— (See  also  salaries). 

Poundkeeper's  fees  for  feeding  animals • 21  24 

For  taking  up   animals  and   receiving  same 21  24 

Of  justices  end  magistrates  in  pound  cases » 21  24 

For  selling  impounded  animals  21  24 

pf   city   weighers    7  47 

Of  inspector  of  weights  and  measures 13  68 

Witness  and  jury  fees  in  city  cases 10  146 

Of  police  magistrate 1  44 

FENCES— 

Advertising    wares,    etc.,    on 14  94 

Hitching   horses   to,   without   owners   consent 38  98 

Injuring   fences    42  99 

Barbed   wire   fence,   a  nuisance,   when 10  113 

FINES— (See   cenalties). 

City   council    may   remit    9  79 

Not   released   by   repeal   of   ordinances 5  154 

To  be  paid  into  treasury — report  of I9  149 

FIREARMS— 

Punishment    for    discharging,    except 48  101 

License  for  shooting  gallery  not  to  permit  shooting  of, 

contrary    or    ordinances . .     4  166 

FIRE  DEPARTMENT— 

Appointment  of  chief  of,  and  firemen 1  119 

Commission   of   chief  of 5  120 

Injuring   property  of    22  95 

FIRE  LIMITS— 

Boundaries  of  '. 1  57 

Permits   for   wooden   buildings  in 2  58 

Council   may   grant   permit,   etc 3  58 

No  wooden  building  enlarged  or  removed,  etc 4  58 

Penalty  for  building,  enlarging  wooden  buildings  in,  etc.     G  58 

Wooden  buildings   declared  a  nuisance — abatement 6  59 

Pamaged  buildings  to  be  removed  from 7  59 

Procedure  for  condemnation  of  building 8  59 


210  INDEX. 


FIRE  LIMITS— Continued.                                                            shctiom  page 

Removal  of  damaged   building — penalty 9  61 

Fire  wardens — duties  of,  etc 10  61 

Stovepipes,    chimneys,    hearths 11  62 

Carrying  fire,   etc 12  63 

Depositing   ashes    13  63 

Stacking  of  hay,  straw,  etc. — penalty    14  63 

Burning  straw,  hay,   shavings,   etc. — penalty 15  63 

Boiling    pitch,    tar,    etc. — penalty 15  63 

Burning  out  chimneys    16  64 

Firewardens   to    see    to    the   enforcement   of   ordinance..  17  64 

Application   of  chapter  from   section    10   to   18 18  64 

FIRES   AND    FIREWORKS— (See   bonfires). 

Exploding  fireworks,   etc 48  101 

Giving  false  alarm  of  fire   10  94 

FISCAL    YEAR— 

Fixed    1  64 

FALGM'EN — (See  crossings — railroads). 

FOODS — (See  meats  and  provisions). 

FOUL  MATTER— (See  nuisances). 

Not   to   be   drained   into   sewer 19  133 

Suffering,  to  be  accumulated,  or  d.-^j'C  siting— a  nuisance..  47  101 

FORMS— 

Of    statement    filed    with    magistrate 6  j.4o 

Poundkeeper's  notice    13  22 

Poundkeeper's  notice  where  owner  unknown  0  20 

Of  order  of  sale  in  pound  cases.     12  22 

Of  pound  notice    13  22 

Of  license    7  74 

Of  small-pox  notices  and  other  contagious  diseases 8  34 

Of  claims   against  city 1  38 

Of  mayor's  notice  in  case  of  diplidaled  buildings 3  50 

Of  notice  in  condemnation  of  building 8  59 

Of  application  to  keep  dramshop 5  78 

Of  liquor  license 7  78 

FRAUDULENT    DEVICES    AND    PRACTICES— (See    false 
representations). 

G 

GAMING  AND  GAMING  HOUSES— 

Forbidden  in  dramshop    17  82 

Drt.mshop  license  may  be  revoked  for  permitting  gaming  10  80 

Punishment   for  gambling    To  94 

Keeping  or  maintaining  a  gambling  house 46  100 

Inmate   of   gaming   house    29  96 

Permitting  gaming   on   premises 31  97 

Lotteries   prohibited    27  96 

Frequenting  or  patronizing  gaming  houses 17  95 

Renting  premises  for  gaming 28  96 


INDEX.  211 


SECTION     P    AE 

GARBAGE! — (See  misdemeanors  and  nuiBances). 

GASOIJNB— 

Measuring   of    by    artificial    light    prohibited 76        107 

GEKPE— (See  animalB). 

GCATF— (See  animals). 

GRADES— 

To  be  fixed  by  city  engineer 4        168 

Laying  walks   contrary  to 6        168 

Sidewalks  out  of,  a  nuisance 8        169 

Pel  alty  for  removing  stakes,  etc.,  to  show 55        103 

GROCERIES — (See  meats  and  provisions). 

GUNPOWDER— 

Persons    not    to    keep   on    hand    more    than    twenty-five 

pounds    59        10.3 

Yi'eighing,   by  gaslight — punishment  for 76        107 

H 

HACK  MEN  AND  HACKS— (See  vehicles). 

HAXDEILLS— (See   advertisements). 

HAWKERS  AND  PEDDLERS— (See  peddlers). 

HA^- 

Must  not  be  stacked  within  fifty  feet  of  building,  etc....  14  63 

Must  not  be  burned  within  thirty  feet  of  building,  etc...   15  63 

HEALTH  DEPARTMENT— (See  board  of  health). 

HIDES— 

Allowed  to  become  foul,  a  nuisance — abatement — notice..  15        114 

HORSES— 

Not  to  be  hitched  to  trees,  fences,  etc.,  without  consent, 

etc     38  98 

E'rightened,   etc    75        107 

Driving   unRaltered,   etc.,    though   streets,    etc .  /iZ        108 

Driving  over  walks,   parking,   etc 86        109 

Leaving,  unhitched   24         96 

Obstructing  crossings  with    66        105 

Fast  driving    25  96 

Cruelty    of    49        101 

Driving  over  sidewalks,  etc   24         25 

HOSPITALS— 

Board  of  health  may  establish,  etc., — employ  nurses,  etc    5         33 

HOUfc'ES  OP  ILL-FAME— (See  disorderly  houses). 
HOUFfe;    CONNECTIONS— (See    plumbing). 
HYDRANTS— 

A  nuisance,  when '.  24        124 

I 

IMPRISONMENT— 

Prisoner  may  be  released   from,  by  giving  bail 2        146 


212  INDEX. 


IMPRISON  V!ENT—"oiitinued.                                                     section  page 

Of  prisoners  till  fine  and  costs  are  paid 12  147 

Prisoner  discharged  from,  by  paying   fine   and   costs....  17  148 

Of  prisoners  arrested  at  night,  Sundays,  etc 5  145 

Of   prisoners   drunk   when   arrested 19  143 

INI'ECENCY — (See  exposure — indecent). 

INJURY— 

To  public  buildings,  fences,  etc.,  plants,  etc 42  ;)9 

To  public  or  private  property  2  95 

To  telegraph  poles,  etc 20  95 

To  gas  service  boxes  or  water  system 23  9b 

INSPECTORS   OF  WEIGHTS   AND   MEASURES— 

State  standard  adopted 1  t'B 

Appointment  of   2  65 

Oatl.    and    bond    of 3  65 

Standards  to  be  procured  by  clerk 4  65 

Yearly  inspection    5  65 

Special  inspection   6  66 

Condemnation    by    inspector 7  66 

To  keep  record   8  67 

Using  scales,  etc.,  not  inspected,  etc — penalty 9  67 

Access   to  building  for  inspection 10  67 

Ofhce — turn   books   over   to   successor 11  67 

Using  scales  not  according  to  standard 13  68 

Fees    13  68 

INflPECTOR  OF  MEATS  AND  PROVISIONS— 

Policemen  and  members  of  board  of  health,  ex-officio,etc     5  S8 

INi-'URANCE   COMPANIES— (See  appendix). 

ISSUING  WARRANTS— 

Warrants  may  be  issued  when  and  how 3  174 

INTOXICATION- (See  drunkenness). 

ITINERANT  MERCHANTS,  ETC— 

Prohibited  from  selling  without  license 1  69 

Rate    of    license— fees    ?.  69 

How    lincense    obtained 3  70 


J 


JANITOR  OF  CITY  BUILDING— 

Office  created   1  71 

Appointment — term    2  71 

Duty  of    3  71 

Ex-officio  policeman  and  prison  keeper 4  71 

Bond  of   5  72 

Salary   of    6  72 

May  be  removed,  etc 7  72 

JURORS— 

Fees  of  10  i46 


INDEX.  213 

L 

LABOR —                                                                                                                                       SECTION  PAGE 

Prisoner  to   labor  on   streets,    etc 14  147 

Allowance  of,  on  fine  and  costs 15  148 

Street    superintendent    to    work   prisoners    on   streets....  15  148 

LAWS — (See  Statutes,  pages  3  to  9  inclusive). 

LIBRARY— 

Disturbance  in,  prohibited — penalty 1  1T4 

Loitering  on  stairway  or  in  hall — penalty 2  174 

Return  of  books — fines — penalty 3  171 

Mutilating  books,   etc 4  174 

Persons  not  entitled  to  privileges  to  remain  away 5  175 

Taking  property  from,  without  right C  17b 

Persons   excluded   from,    to   stay   away — penalty 7  175 

LICENSES— (See  also  liquors). 

Mayor  to   receive   application   for 1  73 

Application— how   made    2  73 

Terms  of  license — how   signed 3  73 

Subject  to  ordinances — revocation  of 4  74 

Not   assignable    without   permit 5  74 

All,  to  be  registered  by  clerk — fees  for  issuing «  74 

Form  of  license   7  74 

Marshal    to    enforce    all    ordinances    relating    to 8  75 

City  clerk  issue  all — keep  record  of 2  ^3 

City  clerk  shall  pay  over  license  money  to  treasurer,  etc.  2  43 

LIGHTS— 

Railroads  required   to  keep,   at  street  crossings,   etc 4  l.')0 

On  backing  trains,   etc 10  152 

LIQUORS  AND  LIQUOR  DEALERS— (See  druggists'  j  jrmit). 

Druggist  may  sell  on  permit 1  55 

License    required     < 1  76 

Committee  on  license — duties 2  76 

Council  to  grant  license — rate — not  to  minors 3  76 

Bonds  required   4  77 

Application  for  license  must  be  in  writing  to  mayor,  etc.  5  78 

Application  must  be  presented  to  council  by  mayor 6  78 

Certain  persons   disqualified   to  sell 6  78 

License   to   be   issuecj   by   clerk ^  7g 

License  only  granted  to  person  making  application 8  79 

License  not  to  be  granted — when 9  7i 

License  may  be  revoked — when 10  SO 

License  may  be  revoked  for  keeping  restaurant,   etc  in 

connection  with  dramshop 11  80 

Dramshop  to  be  closed  between  certain  hours 12  81 

License  to  sell,  not  transferable 13  81 

License   and   ordinance   to   be   posted 14  81 

Shifts    or    devices   forbidden 15  81 

Selling  on  Sunday  prohibited 16  SI 


214  INDEX. 


Liquors  and  liquor  dealers— continued.  SECTION    PAGE 

Drinking  to  excess  on  premises  prohibited — penalty 17  82 

Gambling — chairs,    tables,  etc.,  forbidden — penalty 17  82 

No  minor  to  be  employed  in  dramshop IS  82 

No  sale  to  be  made  to  intoxicated  person — penalty 18  82 

Sale    to    minors    forbidden — penalty It  82 

Minors  obtaining  liquors  under  false  pretenses — penalty  20  82 

Selling,    to   habitual   drunkard   forbidden 21  83 

Lewd  women  not  permitted  in  dramshop — penalty 22  83 

Boisterous  conduct  not  permitted  in  dramshop — penalty  23  83 

Duty  of  police  officers   24  83 

Pool   and   billiard  tables,   etc.,   in  saloon   prohibited 25  84 

License  for  sale  of  liquors  in  quantities  of  Ave  gallons 

and  over 26  hi 

LOCOMOTIVES— (See  railroads). 

LOTTBRrES— 

Running  or  maintaining — penalty 27  96 

LUNG  TESTERS,   GALVANIC  BATTERIES,  ETC— 

Must  obtain  license — penalty 1  SB 

License — fee    2  85 

M 

MAPS— (See  additions— plats). 

MANURE— 

Accumulation  of,   a  nuisance 2  111 

MARSHAL— (See  city  marslial). 

MAYOR- 

To  sign  certificate  of  approval  of  maps,  plats,  etc 5  14 

To   sign   license   for   entertainments,    etc 4  16 

May  appoint  poundkeeper 3  18 

To  approve  bond  of  auctioneer 2  26 

To    pass    on   auctioneer's   application    for   license 3  '7 

Consent  of,  to  change  place  of  business  of  auctioneer  re- 
quired         3  27 

Consent  of,  for  other  person  than  endorsed  on  auction- 
eer's license  required 4  27 

May  revoke  license  of  auctioneer    5  27 

Give  permission  to  auctioneers  to  sell  on  streets,  etc....     6  27 

To  appoint  board  of  health 1  32 

To  issue  notice  to  cleanse  premises,  annually 14  35 

To  give  notice  where  infectious     or     contagious     disease 

exists,   etc 10  34 

To   appoint  corporation   counsel 2  St" 

To  appoint  city  collector  1  41 

To  sign  city  warrants  drawn  on  treasurer  6  45 

To   approve   bond  of  city  weigher 3  46 

To  make  out  notice  to  owner  of  dilapidated  buildings,  etc    3  50 

To   issue   proclamation  for  prevention  of  hydrophobia..     8  53 

To   sign    druggists'    permit 5  56 


INDEX.  215 


PAGE 


MAYOR— Continued.  section 

May   revoke   druggists'   permit    g  55 

To  notify  owner  of  wooden  building  in  fire  limits  to  re- 
move, etc 6  5;> 

May   cause   wooden   building   in   fire   limits   to   be   razed, 

owner  failing  to  abate  nuisance C         5<i 

To  appoint  inspector  of  weights  and   measures 2  65 

To  approve  bond  of  inspector  of  weights  and  measures    3  6R 

To    appoint   janitor   of   city    building 2  71 

May  remove  janitor  of  city   building,   when 7  72 

To  receive  application  for  license  and  grant  same,  except    1  73 

To  sign  all  licenses   3  73 

To  appoint  standing  committee  on  dramshop  annually..     2  76 

To  approve  bond  of  liquor  dealers 4  77 

To   revoke   dramshop   license   where   restaurant   kept   in 

connection    11  80 

Consent  of,  for  removal  of  dramshop  from  one  place  to 

another    13  SI 

To  approve  wholesale  liquor  dealer's  bond 26  84 

Shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of  council — vote  when 1  85 

Perform  duties  prescribed  by  ordinances  and  laws 2  85_ 

Has  power  to  examine  records,  etc 3  S5 

Has  power  of  sheriff  or  peace  officer  in  city  limits,  etc..     4  85 

May  release  person  from  prison,  etc.,  but  not  fines 5  86 

Vacancy  in  office — how  filled — mayor  pro  tern 6         86 

May  remove  officer  appointed  by  him,  etc 7  86 

Must  report  reason  for  removal  of  officer  to  counci'....     7  86 

Messages  to  council    8  86 

Permit  of,  required  to  run  steam  engines  on  paved  street  65  105 

Authorized   to   grant   license   to   milkmen,    etc 1  89 

May  grant  permit  to  remove  building  across  street 62  104 

To  approve  bond  for  operating  slaughter-house,   etc....  20  116 

Bond   of    3  113 

To  issue  certificate  of  appointment  or  election  of  officers, 

etc 5  120 

May  grant  license  to  pawnbroker 2  123 

May  inspect  pawnbroker's  premises  and  property 6  124 

To  exercise  general  supervision,  etc  over  police  depart- 
ment         4  139 

Member  of  police  department   1  138 

To  commission   marshal   and  policemen 2  139 

May  appoint  special  policemen 11  140 

May  appoint  temporary  policemen 12  141 

May  revoke  roller  skating  rink  license 5  155 

May  call  special  meeting  of  the  city  council 1  1G6 

To  appoint  all  standing  committees 3  V^O 

To   appoint   superintendent   of   streets 1  170 

MEATS  AND  PROVISIONS— 

Killing    diseased    animals — penalty 1  gy 

Selling  flesh  of  diseased  animals — penalty 2  87 


216  INDEX. 

MEATS  AND  PROVISIONS— Continued.                                 section  page 

Selling  unwholesome  provisions,  etc., — penalty 3  87 

Displaying  fruit,  etc.,  on  benches — penalty l  88 

Inspectors  of — refusal  to  permit  inspection 5  88 

Selling  diseased  flesh,  fish,  milk,  etc 36  98 

MEETINGS— 

Regular,  of  city  council — special  of  council 1  156 

Notice  of  special,  to  be  given  by  marshal 1  l&e 

MILKMEN— 

'Must  be  licensed — rate  of  license 1  89 

Penalty  for  violation  of  ordinance  by 2  89 

Must  have  owner's  name  on  wagon 3  89 

Drivers  subject  to  a  penalty,  if  name  is  not  on  wagon..     4  89 

Selling  milk  of  diseased  cow,  or  adulterated 5  90 

MINORS— 

Not  allowed  to  loiter  around  billiard  room,   except 4  31 

Sale  of  liquor  to,  forbidden,  except 19  82 

Obtaining  liquors  by   false   pretenses 20  82 

Employment  of,  in  dramshop  forbidden,  except 18  82 

License  to  sell  liquor  not  to  be  granted  to 3  76 

Pawnbroker  not  to  purchase,  receive,  etc.,  of 4  123 

Not  permitted  on  streets  after  certain  hours 1  48 

Not   to  climb  on  wagons,   etc 69  105 

Climbing  on   street  or  other  cars 74  106 

Loitering  about  churches,  theaters,  etc 81  lOs 

Having  possession   of  rubber  slings,   etc 84  109 

MISDEMEANORS— 

Unlawful  assemblies  1  02 

Assault,   fighting    2  92 

Disorderly   conduct    3  li3 

Drunkenness  in  public  place 4  93 

Disturbing  a   funeral 5  93 

Disturbing    school,    etc 6  93 

Open  lewdness 7  93 

Disturbing  peac_e  of  neighborhood  or  family 8  93 

Disturbing    religious    assembly    9  93 

Giving  false  fire  alarm,  etc 10  94 

Aiding  or  encouraging  an  unlawful  act 11  94 

Obscene  writing  or  figure 12  94 

Obstruction  of  public  or  private  ways 13  94 

Advertising  wares,  etc.,  on  fences  or  other  private  prop- 
erty without  permit   14  94 

Gambling   1-5  94 

Obscene  books,    pictures,    etc I'j  9i 

Visiting,  patronizing  bawdy  house  or  house  of  ill-fame..  17  95 

Disturbing  peace  on  Sunday  by  amusements,   etc 18  95 

Keeping  open  billiard  rooms,  etc.,   on  Sunday 13  05 

Injuring  street  lamps,   telegraph,  etc.,   poles 20  95 

Posting  bills,  etc.,  on  telegraph  and  other  poles 21  95 

Injuring  public  or  private  property   22  95 


INDEX.  217 


MISDEMEANORS— Continued.                                                   section  page 

Carrying  away  cap  or  lid  of  gas,  water  system,  etc....  23  95 

Leaving    animals    unfastened    24  96 

Fast  driving  25  J6 

Indecent  exhibition  of  stallion,  bull,  jackass,  etc 26  96 

Lottery  prohibited    27  S6 

Keeping  house  of  ill-fame — leasing  premises  for 28  S6 

Being  an  inmate  of  house  of  ill-fame,  etc 29  96 

Soliciting,    hiring   females   for   prostitution 30  96 

Allowing  gambling  on  premises  owned,  occupied,  etc....  31  97 

Indecent  exposure — lewd  act,  etc 32  97 

Leaving  .cellar-door,   cistern,  etc.,  open S3  97 

Contractor   leaving   excavation    unguarded 34  97 

Vagrants    35  9? 

Selling  diseased  flesh,   fish,   milk,   etc 36  98 

Permitting    unlawful    assemblage    37  98 

Hitching  horses  to  trees,  fences,  etc 3S  98 

Vehicles  must  turn  to  right 39  98 

Swindling  devices — sleeping  in  barns,  etc., — vagrancy 40  99 

Selling  of  poison,  regulated 41  99 

Injuring   public  buildings,   fences,   etc 42  90 

Carrying  away  or  injuring  plants  in  parks  or  parking..  42  99 

Using  false  weights  and  measures 43  100 

Drinking   in   public — a   nuisance 44  100 

Obstructing  thoroughfares    45  100 

Keeping  common  gaming  house,   etc 46  100 

Causing    or    maintaining    nuisance — offal,    filth,    etc 47  101 

Firing  cannon,  guns,  etc i 48  101 

Cruelty    to   animals 49  101 

Aiding,  abetting  rescue  or  escape  of  prisoner 50  102 

Falsely  representing  an  officer 51  i02 

Refusal  of  citizen  to  act  when  deputized 52  102 

Removal  of  dirt  from  street,  alley  or  avenue 53  lOi 

Practicing    sleight-of-hand,    etc 54  103 

Removing  stake,   post  or  corner  stone 55  103 

Burning  waste  paper,  etc 56  103 

Carrying  concealed  weapons 57  103 

Giving  or  selling  concealed  weapons  to  minor 58  103 

Gunpowder    59  103 

Building  not  to  obstruct  street,  alley  or  sidewalk 60  104 

Removal  of  buildng  encroaching  on  street,   etc 61  104 

Written  permit  to  remove  building  across  street,  etc....  62  104 

Obstructing  street,  alley  or  sidewalk  with  goods,  etc 63  101 

Contractors  not  to  obstruct  street  or  alley 64  104 

Steam  epgines  on  paved  streets — mayor's  permit  required  65  105 

Obstructing  street  crossings 66  105 

Water  from  building  upon  sidewalk 67  105 

Unloading  coal  on  sidewalk 68  105 

Boys  climbing  upon  wagons,  etc 69  105 

Bonfires,   etc 70  106 

Throwing  stones,   etc 71  106 


218  INDEX. 


MISDEMEANORS— Continued.                                                   section  page 

Loitering  about  railways  or  grounds   72  106 

Obstructing  water  course 73  106 

Minors  or  other  persons  climbing  on  street  or  other  cars  74  106 

Scaring  horses    75  107 

Weighing  gunpowder,  etc.,  drawing  gasoline  or  k'^'rosene  76  107 

Throwing  orange  or  banana   peel   on  walks 77  107 

Billboards   a   nuisance — when 7S  107 

Accessories,   etc    79  107 

Prostitutes  loitering  on  streets,  etc SO  lOS 

Boys  loitering  about  churches,  theatres,  stores,  etc 81  108 

Driving  unhaltered  horses  or  mules  through  streets....  82  108 

Dog-'fighting — cock,-jfighting — prize-fight    83  109 

Rubber  slings,  etc  84  lOf' 

Throwing  glass,  tacks,  nails,  cans  and  rubbish  on  street, 

etc 85  109 

Driving  over  gutters,  curbing,  parking  and  walks  of  "LTni- 

versity  of  Illinois 86  109 

Resisting  an  officer 87  109 

Refusal  to  obey  orders  of  board  of  health '1  33 

MUNICIPAL   YEAR— 

Fixed    .:  64 

N 

NEWSPAPERS— 

Clerk  to  have  published  in,  detailed  account  of  treasurer    5  45 

Publish  notice  to  non-resident  to  abate  nuisance 3  50 

NOISES  AND  DISTURBANCES— 

Disturbing  peace  of  neighborhood  or  family 8  93 

NGN-RESTDBNT— 

Owner  of  impounded   animals — proceedings  against 11  21 

Notice  to,  of  proceeding  to  condemn  building  in  fire  limits    3  50 

Notice  to,  to  abate  nuisance 3  50 

Notice  to  remove  wooden  building  from  flre  limits 8  59 

NOTICES— 

Must  be  given  to  non-resident  owner  of  animal 11  21 

Of  board  of  health,  etc 8  34 

Of    mayor,    annually,    ordering    all    persons    to    cleanse 

premises    14  35 

To  owner  of  dilapidated  or  unsafe  building  to  remove,  etc.    3  50 

To  non-resident  owner  of  dilapidated  building,  etc 3  50 

Owner  of  unsafe  building  not  found,   publish  notice   in 

newspaper    3  50 

To  remove  wooden  buildings  from  fire  limits 8  59 

Thirty  days'  notice  to  remove  building  on  street  or  alley  61  104 

To  abate  nuisance 1  110 

To  railroad  companies  to  repair  culverts,  etc 2  150 

NUISANCES- 

Pens  and  stables  allowed  to  become  foul,  are — penalty 1  110 

Accumulation  of  manure,  is — penalty 2  111 


INDEX.  219 


NUISANC'ES— Continued.                                                              section  page 

Animal  matter — when — penalty    3  111 

Unsafe  scaffolding — penalty   4  111 

Obstructing  sidewalks    5  112 

Sheds  or  awnings,  when — penalty 6  112 

Unsafe  buildings— penalty    7  112 

Privy,  vault,  slop  drain — penalty 8  113 

Privies,    when — penalty 9  113 

Barbed  wire  fence 10  113 

Barbed  wire— penalty   11  113 

Thistles,   etc.— penalty    12  113 

Suffering  premises  to  become  foul,  etc. — penalty 13  114 

Depositing    offensive    matter    in    any    creek    or    stream 

—penalty   14  114 

Green  and  salted  hides,  when  a — penalty 15  115 

Removal  of  offensive  matter,  etc. — penalty 16  115 

Carts  and  vehicles  carrying  offensive  matter,  a 17  115 

Slaughter  houses,  etc.,  becoming  offensive,  a— penalty...  18  115 

Operating  slaughter  houses,  etc. — penalty 19  115 

Permit  for  slaughter  houses  must  be  had 20  116 

Revocation  of  permit  for  slaughter  house,  etc 21  116 

Stagnant  water,  a — penalty 22  116 

Washing  buggies,  etc.,  on  street  or  walk,  a — penalty 23  117 

Not  to  erect  pig-sty,  privy,  etc.— near  street— penalty 24  117 

Statutory    25  117 

Penalty  for  where  otherwise  not  provided 26  117 

Keeping  chickens  or  other  poultry  on  sidewalk  and  street 

—penalty   27  118 

Stables  not  to  be  nearer  than  four  feet  to  streets,  etc., 

—penalty   28  118 

Dangerous   dogs   at   large,   a 11  54 

Dilapidated   or   unsafe   buildings,   a 1  49 

Unmuzzled   dog'  a,   when 9  53 

Bitch  at  large  while  in  heat,   a 10  54 

Wooden  buildings  declared  to  be  a 6  59 

Drinking  intoxicating  liquor  in  public,  a 44  100 

Breaking  of  hydrant,   a — when 24  134 

Sidewalks  out  of  line  or  grade,  a 8  169 

Old  or  unsafe  sidewalks,  a 9  169 

o 

OATHS— 

Must  be  made  to  claims  against  city,   except 1  38 

Of  corporation  counsel ..     3  39 

Of    city    collector    2  41 

Of  city  treasurer,  to  monthly  statement  to  council 4  45 

Of  inspectors  of  weights  and  measures 3  65 

All  officers  to  take — form  of 2  119 

Of    policemen    3  139 

Of  special  policemen  11  1^40 

Of  temporary  policemen   12  141 

Of   police    magistrate 1  1** 


220  INDEX. 


OBSCENE  PUEL.ICATIONS—                                                     SEcriON  page 

Punishment  for  writing,  etc.,  obscene  words  or  pictures  12  94 

OBSTRUCTIONS- 

Of  public  or  private  wa^ys 13  94 

Of  thoroughi'a  res  by,  etc 45  100 

Of  street,  alley  or  sidewalk  with  goods,  etc 63  j04 

Of  street  or  alley  by  contractors 64  104 

Of  street  crossing 66  105 

Of  water  coursr-    73  106 

Of  sidewalks    5  112 

OFFENDERS— ("See  misdemeanors). 

OFFAL— (See  nuisances). 

OFFENSES— (See  misdemeanors). 

OFP'ICERS— 

Appointive  offices  created — term  of 1  119 

Oath   of 2  119 

Official  bonds — elective  or  appointive,  to  give  bond 3  119 

Sureties  on  bon(? — how  prepared — new  bonds '  4  120 

All  officers,  ejcept,  etc.,  to  be  commissioned 5  120 

To  pay  over  all  money  to  city   treasurer    6  121 

Salaries — u'ne  n   payable,    etc 7  121 

Records  of  citv  open  to  inspecton  by 8  121 

Removal  or  absence  from  city  of,  etc.,  to  vacate  office.. ..  9  ''2.1 

Liability  of,  for  damages 10  121 

Not  to  be  diitctly  or  indirectly  interested  in  contract,  etc  11  ^22 

On  retiring  to  dt liver  to  successor  all  books,  papers,  etc  5  120 

Police  officers  must  attend  trials  as  witnesses 9  146 

OJiDINANCES^ 

Repealed,  in  force  till  when 1  153 

Word  "court"  defined 2  153 

Certain  words  construed 3  153 

Effect   of  repealing   an 4  154 

Fines  etc.    not  released  by  repeal  of 5  154 

All  general  terms  etc.,  in,  to  be  liberally  construed 6  154 

Power  of  mayor  pro  tern  and  policemen 7  154 

Clerk  to  record  1  43 

P 

PAWNBROKERS— 

Defined — license      required — penalty  1  122 

Mayor  may  grant  license — rate — bond  2  123 

Book  of,  open  to  inspection,  etc 3  123 

Property  of   minor — stolen   property,   etc 4  123 

Time  of  receiving  property   6  124 

Inspection   of   premises  and   property    6  124 

Not  to  remove,  or  sell,  etc.,  except 7  124 

Principal  liable  for  violations  of  clerks,   etc 8  124 

PEDDLERS— 

Must  obtain  license 1  125 

Rate  of  license   2  125 


INDEX.  221 

PEDDLERS-Continiied.                                                                section  page 

May  sell  produce,  etc.,  without  license  3  125 

Not  to  vex,  annoy  person,  enter  house  without  permit,  etc    4  125 
PEDESTRIANS— (See  bicycles). 
PENS  AND  STABLES— 

Allowed  to  become  foul,  a  nuisance 1  110 

Erecting  hog  pens  within  twenty  feet  of  street,  a  nuis- 
ance      24  117 

ttJitles  not  to  be  nearer  than  four  feet  of  street 28  118 

PENALTIES— 

For  recording  plat  not  approved  by  city  council 3  14 

Eor  selling  lots  in  unapproved  plat  or  addition 4  14 

For  giving  entertainment  of  any  kind  where  liquors  are 

sold    6  17 

For  giving  indecent  or  lewd  plays,  etc 7  17 

For  allowing  stock  to  run  at  large 2  18 

For  breaking  pound  or  hindering  impounding 16  23 

For  the  wrongful  taking  up  of  animals 17  23 

For  driving  loose  animals  through  the  streets 22  25 

For  herding  or  staking  animals  on  streets,  etc 23  25 

For  driving  animals  on  parking  or  sidewalks 24  25 

For  auctioneer  selling  on  streets  without  permit 6  27 

For  substituting  one  article  for  another  by  auctioneer..     7  28 
For    permitting    unlicensed    persons    selling    at    auction 

without  permit 8  28 

For  riding  bicycle  on  sidewalks,  etc.,  where  street  paved    1  29 
For   riding  bicycle   on   sidewalk,    etc.,    where   street   not 

paved — speed    2  29 

For  interfering  with  rights  of  pedestrians 3  29 

For  failing  to  carry  bell  or  whistle,  etc , 4  29 

For  failing  to  turn  to  right  when   meeting  vehicle,   etc    5  30 
For  failing  to  carry  lighted  lamp  or  lantern  at  night  on 

bicycle    6  30 

For  running  billiard  tables,   etc.,   without  license 1  30 

For  keeping  open  billiard  room,  etc.,  on  Sunday 3  31 

For  allowing  minors   to   loiter  at  billiard   room 4  SI 

For  refusing  to  obey  order  of  board  of  health 7  r3 

For   failure   to     keep    notice     of     pestilence     posted     on 

premises    8  34 

For   spreading   small-pox   or   other   infectious  diseases..     9  34 

For  refusing  to  abate  nuisance,  etc 11  34 

For  failure  of  physician  to    report    contagious    disease, 

etc    12  35 

For    refusing    to    be    vaccinated 13  35 

For  refusing  to  cleanse  premises,  etc 14  r5 

For   failure   to   change  apparel   after  visiting  small-pox 

case    15  36 

For  bringing  infected  person  or  clothing  into  city 16  36 

For  keeping  scales  for  hire,  unless  licensed 1  46 

For  failure  of  city  weighers  to  have  scales  adjusted  and 

sealed    4  46 


222  INDEX. 


PENALTIES— Continued.                                                              section  page 

For  overcharging  by  the  city  weigher    7  47 

For  failing  to  keep  record,  by  city  weigher 8  47 

For  city   weigher   giving  weight   of  vehicle   unless   per- 
sonally weighed 9  47 

For  altering  weigher's  certificate  of  weight 10  48 

For  minors  being  on  streets  after  certain  hours 2  48 

For  failure  of  owner  of  unsafe  building  to  abate  nuisance    4  51 

For  harboring  unlicensed   dog 5  53 

For  allowing  unmuzzled  dog  at  large 9  53 

For  permitting  bitch  in  heat  to  run  at  large 10  54 

For  allowing  dangerous  dog  at  large.. 11  54 

For   druggist   violating  ordinance 7  66 

For  removing  wooden  building  into  fire  limits 5  58 

For  refusal  to  tear  down  wooden  building  damaged,  etc..     9  61 
For  failure   to  build  chimney  in  accordance   with  ordi- 
nance      11  62 

For  carrying  fire  without  securing  the  same 12  b3 

For  depositing  ashes  insecurely 13  63 

For  stacking  hay,  straw,  etc.,  insecurely  within  fifty  feet 

of  any   building 14  63 

For  burning  shavings,  etc.,  boiling  pitch,  tar,  etc.,  within 

thirty  feet  of  building 15  '33 

For  burning  out  chimney,  etc.,  except  in  day  time,  nor 

then,   etc 16  64 

For  using  condemned  weights  and  measures 7  66 

For  using  any  scale,  beam,  etc.,  not  inspected,  etc 9  ^1 

For  hindering  or  obstructing,  etc.,  inspector  in  perform- 
ing  his   duty 10  67 

For  u'S.ng  scales,  etc.,  not  according  to  standard 12  f;8 

For  itinerant  merchants,  etc.,  selling  without  license 1  69 

For  assigning   license   without  permit,  etc 5  75 

For  engaging  in   liquor  business  without   license 1  76 

For  not  keeping  dramshop  closed  within  certain  hours..  12  81 

For  selling  liquors  in  other  place  than  specified  in  license  13  81 
For  keeper  of  dramshop  selling  or  giving  away  liquors  on 

Sunday   16  81 

Drunkenness,    gambling,  chairs,  etc.,  in  dramshop 17  82 

Employing  minor  and  selling  to  intoxicated  persons,  etc  18  82 
For  liquor  dealer  to  sell  or  give  to  minor,  except,  or  in- 
toxicated person    19  82 

For  minor  obtaining  liquor  under  false  pretenses 20  82 

For  selling  liquor  to  habitual   drunkard 21  S3 

For  allowing  lewd  women  in  dramshop   22  83 

For   keeping   disorderly   dramshop 23  83 

For  keeping  billiard  tables,  etc.,  in  saloons 25  84 

For  exhibiting  lung  tester,  galvanic  battery,   etc.,  with- 
out license   1  85 

For  killing  diseased   animals 1  87 

For  selling  the  meat  of  diseased  animal 2  87 

For  selling  unwholesome  provisions 3  87 


INDEX.  223 


PAGE 


PENALTIES— Contiiiupd.  section 

For  not  displaying  fruit,  etc.,  on  benches 4  88 

For  refusing  to  permit  inspector  to  examine  meats  and 

picvisions    5  <'8 

For  selling  milk  from  wagon,   etc.,  without  license 2  89 

For  milkman  failing  to  place  name  on  wagon  or  cart..     3  S9 

For  selling  milk  by  employee,  except  owner  has  license..     4  J^'9 

For  sealing  adulterated  milk 5  00 

For  re.=isting  an  officer 87  109 

For  p^-i'mitting  pens  or  stables  to  become  foul 1  110 

For  permitting  accumulation  of  manure 2  111 

For  permitting  dead  animal  to  become  a  nuisance 3  111 

For  erecting  or  using  unsafe  scaffold,  etc 4  111 

For  obstructing  sidewalk  or  street 5  112 

For  not  properly  adjusting  awnings  over  sidewalks 6  112 

For  mamtaining  unsafe  building,  etc 7  112 

For  constructing  or  maintaining  any  privy,  vault,  etc....     8  113 
For  permitting  contents  of  privy,    etc.,    above    or    within 

two  feet  of  surface,  etc 9  113 

For  building  barbed  wire  fence  along  streets,  etc 10  113 

For  m.ei chant  to  place  barb  wire  on  sidewalk,  unless....  11  lis 
For  permitting  cockle  burs  and  noxious  weeds  to  grow  on 

premises    12  113 

For  permitting  cellar,  vaults  or  premises  to  become  foul, 

etc 13  114 

For  depositing  offensive  matter  along  or  into  streams..  14  111 

For  keeping  green  and  salted  hides,  etc.,  when  a  nuisance  15  114 

For  not  disinfecting  night  soil,  etc.,  before  removing 16  115 

Carts  and  vehicles  carrying  offensive  matter 17  115 

For  cai lying  on  slaughter  house  without  permit 18  115 

For  operating  slaughter  house,  etc.,  in  offensive  way....  19  115 

For   not   removing   stagnant   water 22  116 

For  wafihing  buggy,  etc.,  on  streets 23  117 

For  erecting  pig-sty,  etc.,  within  twenty  feet  of  street....  24  117 

For   ma'ntaining   statutory   nuisance 26  117 

For  displaying  live  chickens,  etc.,  on  walks  or  streets..  27  118 

For  building  barn,  etc.,  nearer  than  four  feet  of  street.. ..  28  118 
For  ofhcer  of  city  failing  to  pay  over  money  collected  by 

hun    6  121 

For  ca: lying  on  the  business  of  pawnbroker  without  li- 
cense, etc   1  122 

For  pawnbroker  not  keeping  record  as  required  by  or- 
dinance         3  11'3 

For  pawnbrokers  receiving  property  from  minors,  etc....     4  123 
For  pawnbrokers  receiving  property  before  certain  hours    5  124 
For  pawnbrokers  refusing  to  allow  inspection  of  premi- 
ses,   etc    6  124 

For  pawnbrokers  selling  or  receiving  property,  except..     7  224 

For  clerk  of  pawnbroker  violating  ordinance 8  124 

For  peddling  without  license 1  125 

For  peddlers   entering  house   without  permission 4  125 


224  1NDE3£. 


PENALTIES— Continued.                                                              pection  page 

For  plumbing  without  permit 2  127 

For  plrimber  falling  to  have  sewer  drainage  system  tes- 
ted, etc   3  128 

For  violating  any  part  of  sewer  ordinance 4  128 

For  connecting  steam  exhaust — blow-off  pipe  with  sewer  17  1S2 
For  connecting  with    sewer — to    drain    off    surface,  etc., 

water    18  132 

For  discharging  any  offal,  etc..  Into  sewer 19  133 

For  connecting  cess-pools,  privies,  etc.,  with  sewer 20  133 

For  making  connections  with  sewer  without  inspection..  21  133 

For  connections  with  sewer  without  permit,  etc 22  1'6'i 

For  damaging  any  sewer,   etc 23  133 

For  violating  any  section  of  chapter  35 33  137 

For  members  of  police  force  falling  to  perform  duty,  etc  17  142 
For  railroad  company  refusing  to  maintain  lights  when 

notified,  etc   4  150 

For  railroad  company  obstructing  street,  or  crossing,  ex- 
cept, etc 5  151 

For  railroad  companies  running  trains  at  greater  speed, 

etc    6  151 

For  sounding  whistles  within  city  limits,  over  five  sec- 
onds, except   7  151 

For  railroad  company  falling  to  keep  flagmen  at  cross-, 

ings,  etc   8  152 

For  fai.ure  to  keep  light  on  backing  train 10  lb2 

For  violation  of  ordinances,  by  railways,  etc 11  153 

For  running  a  roller  skating  rink  without  license 3  155 

For  connecting  with  public  sewer  without  permit 3  163 

For  permitting  others  to  connect,  etc.,  with  public  sewer 

without  permit   4  164 

For  connecting  private  drains  with  city  tile  drain  with- 
out permit 7  165 

For  permitting  persons,  etc.,  to  connect  drains,  etc,  with- 
out permit 7  165 

For  running  s'hooting  gallery  without  license 1  166 

For  maintaining  shooting  gallery,  etc.,  on  any  street,  etc    3  166 
For  constructing,  etc.,  sidewalks,  etc.  , without  consent  of 

city  council   1  167 

For  laying  sidewalks  contrary  to  grade 5  168 

For  building  sidewalk  or  pavement  out  of  line,  etc 7  169 

For   creating   disturbance   at   library 1  174 

For  loitering  in  library  stairway  or  in  hall 2  174 

For  not  returning  books  to  library 3  174 

For  mutilating  books  in  library 4  174 

For  persisting  in  going  to  library  when  requested  not  to.     5  175 

For  taking  property  from  library  without  permission....     6  175 

For  persons  excluded  from  library  not  staying  away 7  175 

For  vehicles  carrying  persons  for  hire  without  license . .     1  175 

For  vehicles  carrying  goods,  etc.,  without  license 3  176 


INDEX.  225 


PENATTES— Continued.                                                                 section  page 
For  keeping  or  using  vehicle    requiring   license,    without 

numbers,    etc    5  116 

For  owner  of  vehicle  overcharging,  etc 7  177 

For  false  representations  or  extortion,  etc 8  177 

For  faJl'ng  to  keep  in  his  possession  part  of  ordinance  by 

CTv  ner  of  licensed  vehicle 9  177 

For  se>  eral  misdemeanors  see  chapter XXX 

PERMITS— (See  druggists'  permit). 

Druggists  must  have,   of  council,   signed  by  mayor  and 

clerk    5  56 

Council  may  grant,  to  erect  wooden  building  in  Are  limits  3  58 

Licenses  not  assignable  without 5  74 

Plumbers   must   have 2  127 

To  connect  with  sewer,  not  to  be  granted  until,  etc 22  133 

Special,  must  be  had  to  make  excavations,  etc 27  136 

Must  be  had  to  connect  private  drains  with  public  sewer    3  162 
Must   be   had   to  connect   private   drain   with   public   tile 

drain    7  165 

For  allowing  connection  with  private  drains,  etc.,  with- 
out   permit    8  165 

PESTILENCE— (See  contagious  diseases). 

Notice  of,  to  be  posted  on  house 8  34 

Physicians  to  report  to  board  of  health 12  35 

PIN  ALLEYS— (See  billiard  table). 

PLATS— (See  additions). 

PLUMBING,  SEWER  DRAINAGE  AND  EXCAVATIONS. 

Application  for  permit — specifications — inspection  fee....  1  127 

Approval  of  specifications — permit — penalty 2  127 

Inspection— inspector  may  require  plumbing  tested S  128 

Not  to  be  used  if  not  in  accordance  with  ordinance 4  128 

Main  sewer  drain  to  connect  with  sewer,   etc 5  128 

"Y"  connections  to  sewers  to  be  used — damage  to,  etc....  6  129 
After  drain  laid,  sidewalk,  etc.,  to  be  replaced — all  filling 

made    7  129 

Soil  and  waste  pipes,  etc 8  130 

Diameter  of  waste  pipe  and  trap  for  any  fixture 9  130 

Joints   and   connections — how   made — no   cement,    etc.,    to 

be  used    10  130 

Closets,    urinals,    sinks,    bath-tubs,    etc. — traps 11  130 

Waste    pipes,    etc.,    to    have    metallic    strainers,    except 

water  closets    12  131 

Ventilation  of  soil  pipes 14  131 

Vent  pipes   14  1?1 

Drains  from  safe  under  basin,   bath,   etc. — refrigerators, 

etc 15  132 

Water  closets — ventilation,   fiushing,  etc 16  132 

Boiler  exhaust  blow-off,  etc.,  not  to  connect  with  sewer..  17  132 
Drains  for  surface  water — storm  and  roof  water,  not  to 

connect  with  sewer 18  132 


226  INDEX. 


PLUMBING,  ETC —Cnntinned.                                                  section  page 

Offal,  garbage,  filth,  etc.,  not  to  be  drained  into  sewer 19  1?3 

Connections  of  cess-pools,  etc.,  with  sewer,  etc.,  to  have 

flushing  apparatus   20  133 

Making  connections  without  inspection — penalty 21  133 

Provisions  of,  etc.,  to  extend  to  plumbing  now  in  use....  22  133 

Damage  to  sewers,  etc. — penalty 23  133 

Breaking  of  water  pipes,  etc.,  a  nuisance 24  134 

Proceedings  for  repairing  damage  to   same — notice — city 

to  repair,  etc 24  134 

Excavations — gas  and  water  companies  to  lay  water  pipe, 

etc 25  :34 

Notice  to  gas  and  water  companies — service  of  notice — 

duty  of  city  clerk 26  135 

Property  owners  to  lay  all  pipes  before  paving 26  135 

Permit  for  excavations — bonds — conditions  of  bonds — fee 

for  permit    27  136 

Trenches    not    to    impede    travel — gutters,    etc. — sidewalk 

crossings    28  137 

Lights  and  barricades   29  137 

No  delay  in  excavation  work 30  137 

Deep  trenches  and  in  treacherous  soils  to  be  braced 31  137 

Refilling,  tamping,  etc 32  137 

Paving  to  be  replaced — settling — surface  of  street,  etc.,  to 

be  kept  in  good  condition,  etc. — penalty 33  137 

PHYSICIANS— 

To  be  a  member  of  board  of  health 1  32 

To  make  report  of  contagious  disease  to  board  of  health  12  ?5 

Required  to  change  wearing  apparel  in  certain  cases 15  C6 

POLICE  DEPARTMNET— 

Shall  consist  of  whom 1  138 

Appointment  of  policemen 2  139 

Bond  and  oath  of  policemen 3  139 

Duties  of  mayor    4  139 

City  marshal,  chief  of  police — have  central  station,  etc..     5  i?.9 

Marshal  custodian  of  property 6  ]39 

Reports  of  city  marshal  monthly  and  annually 7  139 

Absence  of  marshal    8  140 

Day  and  night  force — beats,  etc 9  140 

Police  record    10  140 

Special  police — not  to  receive  compensation  from  city....  11  140 

Temporary  policemen    12  141 

Duties  of  policemen    13  141 

Power  to  make  arrests,  serve  warrants 14  142 

Search   warrant    15  342 

Policemen  not  to  enter  dram  shop  when  on  duty,  except..  16  142 

Neglect  of  duty  by  policemen 17  142 

Causes  for  removal  of  policemen  from  office 18  143 

Prisojier  drunk  when  arrested    19  143 

POLICE~(See  also  police  department). 


INDEX.  227 


POLICE— Continued.                                                                       section  page 

Shall  take  up  animals  unlawfully  at  large 5  19 

Any  police  officer  may  inspect  books  of  city  weigher....  11  -IS 

Janitor  of  city  building,  ex-offlcio  policeman 4  "1 

To  enforce  all  ordinances  relating  to  licenses 8  75 

To  enforce  liquor  ordinances    24  83 

May  call  to  his  aid  persons — posse  comitatus 52  102 

To  inspect  pawnbrokers'  books   3  123 

To  inspect  pawnbroker's  premises    6  124 

Duties    of 4  139 

Power  to  make  arrests  and  serve  warrants 14  142 

May  swear  out  search  warrants   15  142 

Causes   for   removal    18  143 

Duty  of,  when  making  arrasts  at  night,  Sunday,  etc 5  145 

Shall  attend  all  trials  as  witnesses,  when 9  146 

POLICE  MAGISTRATE— 

Member  of  police  department 1  138 

To  pay  all  fines  to  treasurer  monthly  19  149 

To  report  to  council  monthly   19  149 

POUNDS — (See  animals  and  pounds). 

POUNDKEEPER— (See  animals  and  pounds). 

POWDER- 

Not  more  than  twenty-five  pounds  to  be  stored 59  103 

Not  to  be  weighed  by  artificial  light   76  107 

POLICE  PRACTICE— 

Police  magistrate — term  of  ofllee — bond — fees   1  144 

Actions  brought  in  corporate  name  of  city,  etc 2  144 

Summons — warrant    3  114 

Trial  of  person  arrested — continuance — bail 4  145 

Arrests  at  night,  Sunday,  etc 5  145 

City  attorney  to  file  written  statement,  etc 6  145 

Arrests  without  warrant    7  145 

Recognizance    8  146 

Officers   as  witnesses    9  146 

Witness  and  jury  fees    10  146 

Malicious  suits — costs  taxed  against  prosecutor 11  147 

Commitment  of  prisoner,  etc 12  147 

Magistrate  to  assess  fine,  etc 13  147 

Persons  convicted  required  to  work — when 14  147 

City  marshal  to  deliver  prisoner  to  street  superintendent, 

etc 15  148 

Refusal  of  prisoner  to  labor  16  148 

Discharge  of  prisoner  17  148 

Report  of  labor  performed  to  council,  etc 18  149 

Report  of  police  magistrate — pay  moneys  to  treasurer....  19  149 

POSTING  BILLS— 

On  telegraph  and  otHe'r  poles,  etc.,  prohibited 21  95 

POULTRY— 

House  becoming  foul,  a  nuisance 1  110 

Keeping,  on  sidewalks   27  1I8 


228  INDEX. 


PROCESSIONS—                                                                                SECTION  page 

Interrupting  funeral  processions 5  193 

PROSTITUTES— (See  disorderly  houses). 

Lewd  women,  etc.,  not  allowed  in  dram  shop 22  !-3 

Loitering  on  streets  prohibited   80  lOS 

PROVISIONS— (See  meats  and  Drovisions). 


Q 

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QUORUM— 

A  majority  of  members  of  city  council  constitute  a 2  56 


RAILROADS— 

Crossings— compelled   to   construct    1  150 

Notice  given  to  repair  crossing,  culvert,  etc 2  150 

Neglect  to  build,  repair,  etc.,  city  may  build,  etc 3  150 

Keep  good  lights,  at  street  crossings,  etc 4  iSO 

Cars   obstructing   street    5  1.51 

Speed  of  cars,  etc 6  151 

Whistles  not  to  be  blown   7  151 

Flagmen    8  152 

Duties  of  flagmen    9  152 

Lights   on   backing   trains — ring   bells — when— penalty 10  152 

Penalty  for  violating  ordinance  11  '53 

RELIGIOUS  ASSEMBLIES— 

Punishment  for  disturbing   9  03 

REMOVAL— 

Of  officer  from  city  to  vacate  office  y  i21 

REPEALING      178 

REPEALED  ORDINANCES— (Sei^  ordinances). 

REPORTS  OF  COMMITTEES— (See  committees). 

REPORTS   REQUIRED— 

Of  poundkeeper    18  13 

Of  physicians  to  board  of  health 12  35 

Of  city  attorney    1  37 

Of  corporation   counsel    4  ?9 

Of  city  collector,  quarterly  and  annually 4  -^1 

Of  city  clerk  2  43 

Of  city  treasurer,  monthly   4  45 

Of  city  treasurer,   annually    5  45 

Of  city  marshal,  monthly  and  annually   7  139 

Of  amount  of  fines  and  costs  collected  in  labor 18  149 

Of  police  magistrate,  monthly  and  annually   19  149 

Of  street  superintendent,  monthly   9  172 

Of  street  superintendent,  annually   10  172 

RESISTING  OFFICER— 

Punishment  for 87  109 

RESOLUTIONS— 

Council  to  declare  by,  unsafe  building  a  nuisance 2  49 


INDEX.  22y 

RESOLUTIONS— Continued.                                                        section  page 
In  pursuance  of  a,  railroad  companies  to  keep  lights  at 

crossings,  etc 4  150 

In  pursuance  of  a,  railroad  companies  to  keep  flagman  at 

crossings,  etc 8  152 

Upon   a,    by  city  council,     fire    wardens    shall     examine 

buildings,   etc 17  64 

ROLLER  SKATES— (See  skating  rinks). 

RULES  OF  CITY  COUNCIL— 

Meeting  of  council — special  meetings  1  156 

Rules  governing  city  council    2  156 

Standing   committees    3  160 

Duties  of  committees   4  160 

Streets  and  alley  committee  5  160 

Public   grounds  and   buildings  committee    6  160 

Fire  and  Water  committee  7  161 

Finance  committee   8  161 

Police  committee   9  161 

Claims  committee   10  161 

Printing  committee    11  161 

Markets   committee    12  161 

Bridges  committee    13  161 

License  committee   14  161 

Sewers    committee    15  162 

Contracts  not  authorized  by  council  forbidden 16  162 

RULES  OF  CONSTRUCTION— 

Of  city  ordinances 6  154 

s 

SALARIES— (See  fees  and  salaries). 

Of  corporation  counsel    6  40 

Of  city  collector    6  42 

Of  janitor  of  city  building  6  72 

Of  city  attorney  2  37 

SALOONS — (See  liquor  and  liquor  dealers). 

SCALES^ — (See  city  weighers — inspector  of  weights  and  measures). 

SCAFFOLDS— (See  nuisances). 

SCAVENGERS— 

Foul  or  offensive  matter  removed,  to  be  disinfected 16  115 

Carts  of,  to  be  closed  tightly   17  115 

SEAL— 

Kept  by  city  clerk  1  43 

Clerk  to  attach  to  druggist's  permit   5  56 

To  be  attached  to  all  licenses  3  73 

To  be  attached  to  all  certificates  of  appointment  to  office, 

etc 5  120 

To  be  attached  to  all  commissions  of  officers ?,  120 

Corporate   seal    1  162 

Clerk  to  affix,  when    2  162 


230  INDEX. 


SEARCH  WARRANT—  section    page 

When  may  issue — how  15  142 

SEWERS  AND  DRAINS— (See  also  plumbing,  etc.) 

Sewer  drain  of  house  or  building,  to  be  separately  con- 
nected, etc 5  128 

"Y"  connections  to  be  used— damage  to  sewer 6  129 

Permits  to  persons  outside  sewer  system  to  connect — fee    1  163 

How  connections  shall  be  made 2  163 

Penalty  for  connecting  without  permit 3  -  163 

Permitting  others  to  connect  to  private  drains  connected 

with  sewer — penalty    4  164 

Permit  to  connect  with  tile  drains— fee 5  164 

How  connections  shall  be  made  6  164 

Penalty  for  connecting  without  permit 7  165 

Permitting  others  to  connect  with  private  drains— penalty    8  165 
SHOWS— (See  amusements). 
SHOOTING  GALLERIES— 

License  required    1  166 

Rate  of  license   2  166 

Not  to  set  up  in  street,  alley  or  other  uninclosed  place 3  166 

Construction  of  ordinance  4  166 

SIDEWALKS— 

Built  and  constructed  of  material  approved  by  council, 

etc 1  167 

Petition  for  sidewalk,  etc 2  167 

Kept  in  repair  by  street  superintendent 3  168 

'      Grades  for 4  168 

Laying  walks  contrary  to  grade   5  168 

Pavements  and  sidewalks  to  be  uniform  in  width  and  line    6  168 

Pavements  and  sidewalks  out  of  line  7  169 

Out  of  line  or  grade — a  nuisance 8  169 

Old  and  unsafe — a  nuisance 9  169 

Obstruction  of,  by  building  or  enclosure..... 60  104 

Obstruction  of,  with  goods  and  merchandise 63  104 

Water  from  buildings  on    67  105 

Not  to  unload  coal  on   68  105 

Throwing  orange  or  banana  peels  on 77  107 

Throwing  tacks,  nails,  glass,  etc.,  on 85  109 

Driving  or  riding  upon    86  109 

Poultry  displayed  on,   a  nuisance. 27  118 

SIGNS— 

Attaching  to  telegraph,  telephone  or  other  poles,  etc 21  95 

Over  street  or  sidewalk,  to  as   to  obstruct  or  endanger 

travel,  a  nuisance    5  112 

SKATING  RINKS— 

License  required    1  155 

License   fee    2  155 

Penalty S  155 

i       Clerk  to  issue  license   4  155 

Mayor  may  revoke  license 5  155 


iNttKX.  231 

SLAUGHTER  HOUSES— (See  nuisances).                               section  page 

Must  have  permit  from  city  council  to  operate,  etc 20  116 

Operating,   in  offensive  manner,   a  nuisance 19  115 

Revocation  of  permit  for    21  116 

In  city  limits,  or  one  mile  therefrom,  without  permit,  a 

nuisance    18  115 

SOAP  FACTORY— (See  nuisances). 

SPECIAL,  ASSESSMENTS— 

City  collector  to  collect 3  41 

SPECIAL  POLICE— (See  police  department). 

STAGNANT  WATER— (See  nuisances). 

STOVES  AND  STOA/EPIPBS— 

In  unsafe  or  dangerous  condition,  a  nuisance 1  49 

Owner  of  unsafe  building  to  properly  secure 2  49 

To  be  securely  put  up — how  to   be  constructed 11  62 

Not  to  be  burned  out  except  in  daytime IC  64 

STREETS  AND  ALLEYS— 

Obstruction  of,  by  building  materials  45  100 

Removal  of  dirt  from    53  102 

Obstruction    of,    by   building   or   enclosure 60  104 

Removal  of  obstructions  on  61  104 

Permit   required    to   remove  building   across 62  104 

Obstruction  of,  by  merchandise,  etc 63  104 

Contractor  not  to  obstruct,  without  permit,  etc 64  104 

Steam  engines  on  paved  streets,  not  permitted 65  105 

Obstructing  street  crossings  with  team 66  105 

Damaging,  TDy  obstructing  or  changing  water  courses 73  106 

Throwing  glass,  tacks,  nails,  etc.,  on 85  109 

Washing   buggies   in,    a  nuisance 23  117 

Erection  of  pig-sty,  privy,  etc.,  nearer  than  twenty  feet 

of,  a  nuisance   24  117 

Erection  of  stable  or  barn  nearer  than  four  feet  of.  a 

nuisance    28  118 

SUMMONS— 

May  issue  for  violation  of  ordinance 3  144 

SUNDAY— 

Billiard  rooms  must  be  kept  closed 3  31 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  STREETS— 

Appointment — term  of  office   1  170 

Superintend  all  city  improvements,  etc 2  170 

Streets  cleaned  by   3  170 

Employ  needed  help — oversee  laborers  and  prisoners 4  171 

Mark  implements — purchase  tools,  etc C  171 

Keep  accurate  account  of  expenditures,  etc 6  171 

Examine  accounts  of  contractors,  etc.,  for  work,  etc....     7  171 

Keep  street  crossings  clean,  etc 8  172 

Report  monthly   9  1*^2 

Report  annually  1*^  1^2 


232  INDEX. 


SUPRRINTENDENT  OF  STBEETS— -"ontinued.                section  page 
Enforce  ordinance  in  relation  to  streets,  alleys  and  side- 
walks      11  172 

To  remove  sidewalks  out  of  grade   8  169 

To  remove    langerous  and   dilapidated   sidewalks 9  169 

To  inspect  streets,  alleys,   barn  lots,  etc 14  35 

To  receive  grisoners  to  work  on  streets,  etc 15  148 

SUPPLIES— 

To  be  purchased  on  contract   1  172 

Requisition   fo  issue  for  2  173 

Who   shall   purchase — order — bill    3  173 

Claim  for  goods  not  ordered  by  council 4  173 

Bill,   what  to  contain 5  173 

Board  of  prisoners   6  173 

SURPLUS— 

Of  money,  from  sale  of  impounded  animal  paid  to  owner  15  23 

T 

TARGET  SHOOTING — (See  shooting  galleries). 
TEMPORARY  POLICE— (See  police  department). 
THEATRES— (See  amusements). 
THROWING  STONES- (See  misdemeanors). 
TIE  VOTE— (See  mayor). 

TREES— 

Posting  bills  on   14  94 

Hitching  horses  to — injuring  or  destroying  trees 38  98 

Injury  to,  in  street,  park  or  public  ground 42  99 

Branches  of,  obstructing  sidewalks  5  112 

TRESPASS— 

Upon  private  property — sleeping  in  barns,   etc 40  99 

TRIAL — (See  police  practice). 

V 

VACANCY— 

In  office  of  mayor — how  filled  6  86 

In  office  caused  by  removal  of  officer  from  city 9  121 

VACCINATION— (See  board  of  health). 

VAGRANTS— 

Defined — punishment  of  35  97 

Sleeping  in  barns — trespassing  on  private  property,  etc..  40  99 

Not  allowed  to  loiter  in  dramshops 35  97 

VEHICLES— 

Must  turn  to  thef  right  when  passing  others 5  30 

For  carrying  persons,  to  be  licensed   1  175 

Rate   of   license   for    2  176 

License  to  puL'sue  business  of  carrier,  etc 3  176 

Rate  of  license  for  carriers,  etc 4  176 

Uity    clerk    to    write    in    license    number    of   dray,    etc. — 

number  to  be  placed  on 5  176 

Charges  for  carrying  passenger-s,  etc 6  177 


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VEHI<"LES— Continued.                                                                section  page 

Charges  for  bauling  trunks,   loads,   etc 7  177 

False  representations,  extortions,  etc 8  177 

Licensed  persons  to  keep  copy  of  sections  6  and  7 9  177 

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WARRANTS— (See  also  city  treasurer). 

Drawn  on  treasurer  to  be  signed  by  mayor  and  clerk....  6  45 

Treasurer  to  keep  register  of,  deliver  to  clerk,   etc 4  45 

May  issue  for  violation  of  ordinance 3  L44 

Y 

YEAS  AND  NAYS— 

Required  on  passage  of  ordinance — to  create  liability  and 
for  the   expenditure   of  money.      (See   rules  of  city 

council,   rule  XXV) 2        156 

To  be  entered  on  journal.     (See  rule  XXV) 2        156 

Any  member  may  require  the — (See  rule  XXV) 2        156 


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